Re: [PATCH 2/3] Keys: Use RCU to manage session keyring pointer

Andrew Morton <[email protected]> wrote:

> David Howells <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > The attached patch uses RCU to manage the session keyring pointer in struct
> >  signal_struct.
> 
> So are these patches dependent upon the
> keys-use-rcu-to-manage-session-keyring-pointer work?

This patch (2/3) shouldn't be dependent on that. It does extra RCU-age on a
different pointer entirely. The other RCU-age patch deals with specific key
types.

However, the third patch adds extra stuff into keyring support, and so is
RCU'd keyrings dependent.

David
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References:
- Re: [PATCH 2/3] Keys: Use RCU to manage session keyring pointer
  - From: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
- [PATCH 1/3] Keys: Pass session keyring to call_usermodehelper()
  - From: David Howells <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH 2/3] Keys: Use RCU to manage session keyring pointer
  - From: David Howells <[email protected]>

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