Re: [PATCH] kill_proc_info_as_uid: don't use hardcoded constants

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On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 05:24:05PM +0300, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> Use symbolic names instead of hardcoded constants.

I'm more than happy with that.  Seems like the original code in
check_kill_permission() was changed in a similar way after I made that
_as_uid() function.

I don't think that I am a person with any say in the signal.c code,but
in case of doubt:

Acked-by: Harald Welte <[email protected]>

> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
> 
> --- 2.6.15-rc2/kernel/signal.c~1_KUID	2005-11-22 19:35:52.000000000 +0300
> +++ 2.6.15-rc2/kernel/signal.c	2005-11-23 19:17:35.000000000 +0300
> @@ -1163,8 +1163,7 @@ int kill_proc_info_as_uid(int sig, struc
>  		ret = -ESRCH;
>  		goto out_unlock;
>  	}
> -	if ((!info || ((unsigned long)info != 1 &&
> -			(unsigned long)info != 2 && SI_FROMUSER(info)))
> +	if ((info == SEND_SIG_NOINFO || (!is_si_special(info) && SI_FROMUSER(info)))
>  	    && (euid != p->suid) && (euid != p->uid)
>  	    && (uid != p->suid) && (uid != p->uid)) {
>  		ret = -EPERM;

-- 
- Harald Welte <[email protected]>          	        http://gnumonks.org/
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