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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.00.1003030919540.14492@tundra.namei.org>
Date:	Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:20:21 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
cc:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, viro@....linux.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, oleg@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, eparis@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] audit: Protect find_task_by_vpid() with RCU.

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, Tetsuo Handa wrote:

> [PATCH] audit: Protect find_task_by_vpid() with RCU.
> 
> Holding tasklist_lock is no longer sufficient for find_task_by_vpid().
> Explicit rcu_read_lock() is required.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp> 

Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>


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