On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 19:41:32 -0800 (PST) Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> Patch looks fine to me.
>
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> >
> > Note: I'm a bit nervious to add "linux/types.h" and use u32 and u64
> > in thread_info.h, when there's a #ifdef __KERNEL__ just below that.
> > Not sure what that is there for.
>
> Hmm. I'd not expect user-mode headers to ever include
> <linux/thread-info.h>, and if they do, they'd already get get totally
> invalid namespace pollution ("struct restart_block" at a minimum) along
> with stuff that simply isn't sensible in user-space at all, so I think
> this part is fine.
>
> And I guess somebody will scream if it bites them ;)
>
> Anyway, my gut feel is that this is potentially a real problem, and we
> should fix it asap (ie it should go into 2.6.24 even at this late stage in
> the game), but it would be nice to know if the problem actually hit any
> actual real program, and not just a test-setup.
Steve/David,
where can I find the test case, please?
> So here's a question for David Holmes: What caused you to actually notice
> this behaviour? Can this actually be seen in real life usage?
>
> Anyway, at a minimum, here's an
>
> Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
>
> and I suspect I should just apply it directly. Any comments from anybody
> else?
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~Randy
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