linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel: arg2 is unsigned long which is never

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Date:	Wed, 6 Feb 2013 19:35:24 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
To:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, keescook@...omium.org,
	serge.hallyn@...onical.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, marcel@...tmann.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: arg2 is unsigned long which is never < 0

On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 06:36:38PM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
...
> 
> result:
>   still use the macros of branch 1
>   and use branch 1 macros instead of branch 2 macros (need an additional patch).

Oh, what a mess ;) The reason I used SUID_DUMPABLE_DISABLED -- because
it's used in set_dumpable which is called directly from this prctl.
I'm fine with either way, plain [0;1] is acceptable as well still
I don;t like it.
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