linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -stable 1/1] freezer: PF_FREEZER_NOSIG should be cleared along with PF

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Message-ID: <1355094273.20838.79.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:04:33 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@...onical.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Herton Krzesinski <herton.krzesinski@...onical.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -stable 1/1] freezer: PF_FREEZER_NOSIG should be cleared
 along with PF_NOFREEZE

On Fri, 2012-12-07 at 15:49 +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> This patch is only for pre-v3.3 stable trees which backported
> b40a7959 "freezer: exec should clear PF_NOFREEZE along with PF_KTHREAD".
> v3.3+ doesn't need this fix.
[...]

Thanks very much, I've added this to the queue for 3.2.  However, in 3.2
PF_FORKNOEXEC is cleared by the binfmt code and not in fs/exec.c, and I
left that as it is.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

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