linux-kernel - Re: 2.3.31++: Badness at kernel/softirq.c:143 due to new session leader connector

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Message-ID: <20090929132415.GB4538@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:24:15 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Evgeny Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
Cc:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	Scott James Remnant <scott@...ntu.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.3.31++: Badness at kernel/softirq.c:143 due to new session
	leader connector

On 09/29, Evgeny Polyakov wrote:
>
> I'm yet do download the latest git to check this particular patch, but
> I suppose it is possible to copy data under the lock into temporary
> buffer and then send it using existing infrastructure instead of
> calling it under the tasklist lock.

Afaics, we can just shift proc_sid_connector() from __set_special_pids()
to sys_setsid().

Oleg.

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