linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fcntl: Add F_GETOWNER

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Date:	Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:09:09 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>,
	Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fcntl: Add F_GETOWNER_UIDS option v3

Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> writes:

> um, OK.
>
> But we still have
>
> c-r-prctl-add-ability-to-set-new-mm_struct-exe_file-update-after-mm-num_exe_file_vmas-removal.patch
> c-r-prctl-add-ability-to-set-new-mm_struct-exe_file-add-minimal-address-test-to-pr_set_mm.patch
> c-r-prctl-add-ability-to-get-clear_tid_address.patch
> c-r-prctl-drop-vma-flags-test-on-pr_set_mm_-stack-data-assignment.patch
>
> floating about unmerged due to various unresolved issues.  Can we
> please get all that stuff nailed down before working on new things?

Andrew I understand the frustration but in fairness this patch is just
as old as the patches you are talking about.   Cyrill just finished
resolving the unresolved isssues with this one,  aka a conflict with
user namespace support.

Now I do agree that we need to finish the rest of these things.

Eric
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