Re: [PATCH 3/3] coredump: re-implement suid_dumpable using a flag

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:05:38 +0800
Eugene Teo <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hidehiro-san re-implemented suid_dumpable using a pair of bit flags. But
> since we no longer permitting users to call prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 2),
> there is no need to waste a bit of mm_struct.flags for something that will
> never be used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eugene Teo <[email protected]>

NAK. This is dependant upon removing a feature in use by end users today.
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