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Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 16:03:20 -0500
From: ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Adam Zabrocki <pi3@....com.pl>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>, Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@...mail.de>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] signal: Extend exec_id to 64bits
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> writes:
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 1:50 PM Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have updated the update of exec_id on exec to use WRITE_ONCE
>> and the read of exec_id in do_notify_parent to use READ_ONCE
>> to make it clear that there is no locking between these two
>> locations.
>
> Ack, makes sense to me.
>
> Just put it in your branch, this doesn't look urgent, considering that
> it's something that has been around forever.
Done
Eric
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