On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:27:31 +0200 (CEST)
Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:
> + /* Install input pipe when needed */
> + if (sub_info->stdin) {
> + struct files_struct *f = current->files;
> + struct fdtable *fdt;
> + /* no races because files should be private here */
> + sys_close(0);
> + fd_install(0, sub_info->stdin);
> + spin_lock(&f->file_lock);
> + fdt = files_fdtable(f);
> + FD_SET(0, fdt->open_fds);
> + FD_CLR(0, fdt->close_on_exec);
> + spin_unlock(&f->file_lock);
> + }
This is all going to be run by kernel threads, and all kernel threads share
current->files=&init_files.
So I suspect that if two coredumps happen at the same time bad things will
happen. Like a BUG() in fd_install()?
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