linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/13] signal: Move set_notify_signal and clear_notify

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Date:   Wed, 9 Mar 2022 14:36:53 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Alexey Gladkov <legion@...nel.org>,
        Kyle Huey <me@...ehuey.com>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/13] signal: Move set_notify_signal and
 clear_notify_signal into sched/signal.h

On Wed, Mar 09, 2022 at 10:24:51AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> The header tracehook.h is no place for code to live.  The functions
> set_notify_signal and clear_notify_signal are not about signals.  They
> are about interruptions that act like signals.  The fundamental signal
> primitives wind up calling set_notify_signal and clear_notify_signal.
> Which means they need to be maintained with the signal code.
> 
> Since set_notify_signal and clear_notify_signal must be maintained
> with the signal subsystem move them into sched/signal.h and claim them
> as part of the signal subsystem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook