linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] coredump: Limit what can interrupt coredumps

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wj5_=m4DyZ=8==bfL2UCnWU=UDjQu-XCq_b92oDJh1i-Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:04:04 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     Olivier Langlois <olivier@...llion01.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        io-uring <io-uring@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "Pavel Begunkov>" <asml.silence@...il.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] coredump: Limit what can interrupt coredumps

On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 1:11 PM Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com> wrote:
>
> Make the coredump code more robust by explicitly testing for all of
> the wakeup conditions the coredump code supports.  This prevents
> new wakeup conditions from breaking the coredump code, as well
> as fixing the current issue.

Thanks, applied.

And lots of thanks to Olivier who kept debugging the odd coredump
behavior he saw.

            Linus