linux-kernel - Re: Q: sys_personality() && misc oddities

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Date:	Wed, 26 May 2010 13:35:17 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
CC:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>, wezhang@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Q: sys_personality() && misc oddities

On 05/26/2010 01:31 PM, Roland McGrath wrote:
>> As for the other oddities, they need the separate patches. Or we can
>> just leave this code alone ;)
> 
> I can't see any sign that anybody cares.

I certainly care, because we have had some very strange behavior with
weird personality bits in the past.  So cleaning this up would be good.

	-hpa
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