linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] connector: Fix sid connector (was: Badness at kernel/softirq.c:143...)

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Message-Id: <200909291615.38457.borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:15:38 +0200
From:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
To:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Evgeny Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>,
	Scott James Remnant <scott@...ntu.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] connector: Fix sid connector (was: Badness at kernel/softirq.c:143...)

Am Dienstag 29 September 2009 16:07:18 schrieb Evgeniy Polyakov:
> Your patch breaks assumption that task_session(current->group_leader) is
> not equal to new session id, but to check task_session() we need either
> rcu or task lock. Also setsid() return value is not zero or negative
> error, but new session ID or negative error,

Right.

> so I believe attached patch is a proper fix, although it looks rather ugly.
> 
> Also proc_sid_connector() uses GFP_KERNEL allocation which is way too
> wrong to use under any locks.
> 
> Something like this (not tested :)

Patch compiles and seems to work.

Christian
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