linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Race-free kernel.core

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Message-ID: <20080127164919.GA9982@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:49:19 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, akpm@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Race-free kernel.core_pattern

> Yup, that's the bug.
> 
> Below is companion patch to be applied after BKL removal which fixes it:

Still there are other do_string (and possibly multiple number integer) users 
which are likely buggy in the same way. It's probably better to find some more 
generic mechanism instead of adding a new lock for each of them.

-Andi

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