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Date:	Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:23:29 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	Kernel Security <security@...nel.org>,
	Michael Davidson <md@...gle.com>,
	Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@...gle.com>,
	Julien Tinnes <jln@...gle.com>,
	Aaron Durbin <adurbin@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] ia64: kill thread_matches(), unexport ptrace_check_attach()

On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
> arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c:thread_matches() has no users since e868a55c
> "[IA64] remove find_thread_for_addr()", remove it.

I think this one should go first, so that there are no stale callers
of ptrace_check_attach() when you change the semantics. In fact, I'll
apply it immediately, since it's clearly correct and independent of
the other changes.

              Linus
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