linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] samples: show race-free pidfd metadata access

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Message-ID: <20190419163813.okgqwmzahnt24vtm@brauner.io>
Date:   Fri, 19 Apr 2019 18:38:14 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>
To:     Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:     torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        jannh@...gle.com, dhowells@...hat.com, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
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        joel@...lfernandes.org, dancol@...gle.com,
        Jann Horn <jann@...jh.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] samples: show race-free pidfd metadata access

On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 05:30:48PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 04/19, Christian Brauner wrote:
> >
> > +int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> > +{
> > +	int ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
> > +	char buf[4096] = { 0 };
> > +	pid_t pid;
> > +	int pidfd, procfd, statusfd;
> 
> I think you need to initialize pidfd = 0 in this version ;) Otherwise,

Yes, you are right. Seems I got saved by the compiler since I compile a
kernel and run a test even when i just change the commit message. :)
Will fix that up and add your Reviewed-by but I think I spare everyone
a v4 for this if that's ok.

> 
> Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>

Thank you!
Christian