linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] core: allow setrlimit to non-current tasks

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <4A9E3F1A.4050406@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:47:06 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
CC:	oleg@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] core: allow setrlimit to non-current tasks

On 09/02/2009 11:45 AM, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Namely, lock tasklist_lock for read and check whether the task
> structure has signal and sighand non-null. Do all the signal
> processing under that lock still held.

The description is incorrect now, indeed...

And I broke mail threads, sorry.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/