linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/8]: CGroup Files: Add locking mode to cgroups control files

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Date:	Tue, 13 May 2008 13:43:54 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Matthew Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>
Cc:	menage@...gle.com, pj@....com, xemul@...nvz.org, balbir@...ibm.com,
	serue@...ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/8]: CGroup Files: Add locking mode to cgroups
 control files

On Tue, 13 May 2008 13:38:58 -0700
Matthew Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com> wrote:

> > > +	char static_buffer[64];
>
> > I'm trying to work out what protects static_buffer?
> 
> One of us must be having a brain cramp because it looks to me like the
> buffer doesn't need protection -- it's on the stack. It's probably me
> but I'm just not seeing how this use is unsafe..

doh.  Well it had me going...

> Uh, it is on stack. It doesn't use the C keyword "static". It's just
> poorly-named.

That depends upon one's objectives in choosing a name ;)
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