Re: [PATCH] vt: Make vt_pid a struct pid (making it pid wrap around safe).

On 09/10, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> 
> The patch:
> [PATCH] vt: Rework the console spawning variables.
> is fine.
> 
> The patch:
> [PATCH] vt: Make vt_pid a struct pid (making it pid wrap around safe).
> which uses xchg() is racy, and needs to be fixed.

Yes, I think so.

Oleg.

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- [PATCH] vt: Make vt_pid a struct pid (making it pid wrap around safe).
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- Re: [PATCH] vt: Make vt_pid a struct pid (making it pid wrap around safe).
  - From: [email protected] (Eric W. Biederman)

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