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Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:43:54 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>,
	Julien Tinnes <jln@...omium.org>,
	David Drysdale <drysdale@...gle.com>,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 4/9] sched: move no_new_privs into new atomic flags

On 06/24, Kees Cook wrote:
>
> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> @@ -1307,8 +1307,7 @@ struct task_struct {
>  				 * execve */
>  	unsigned in_iowait:1;
>
> -	/* task may not gain privileges */
> -	unsigned no_new_privs:1;
> +	unsigned long atomic_flags; /* Flags needing atomic access. */
>
>  	/* Revert to default priority/policy when forking */
>  	unsigned sched_reset_on_fork:1;

Agreed, personally I like it more than seccomp->flags.

But probably it would be better to place the new member before/after
other bitfields to save the space?

Oleg.

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