linux-kernel - Re: [patch] fix NPTL thread iterator construct in cap_set

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Message-ID: <b040c32a0808211235t24a35ce5q3fbc7a6c908b8c72@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:35:31 -0700
From:	"Ken Chen" <kenchen@...gle.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, morgan@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] fix NPTL thread iterator construct in cap_set_pg()

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> cap_set_pg() gets deleted by the credentials patches in linux-next and
> afaict nothing replaced it.
>
> Does this patch actually fix anything?  If not, ignoring it would be a
> nice labour-saving device...

No, the patch was a result of code inspection.  There wasn't anything
that affected anyone.  If the function cap_set_pg() is destined for
deletion, yeah I agree there is no point of fixing it.

- Ken
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