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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:00:30 +0200
From: richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>, 
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, 
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>, 
	Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, 
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, 
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>, 
	"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, 
	"spender@...ecurity.net" <spender@...ecurity.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] futex: mark get_robust_list as deprecated

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com> wrote:
> The permissions on the syscall were fixed them withR ptrace_may_access.
>
> We have identified two legitimate use cases.
>
> It looks like it is time for someone to generate the path to remove the depreciation.
>
> Who is up for writing and testing that patch?

I'll send a patch.

-- 
Thanks,
//richard

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