[PATCH 7/9] um: Should hold tasklist_lock while traversing processes

Anton Vorontsov anton.vorontsov at linaro.org
Mon Apr 23 11:40:27 EDT 2012


On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 04:57:54PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> On 23.04.2012 09:09, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> >Traversing the tasks requires holding tasklist_lock, otherwise it
> >is unsafe.
> >
> >p.s. However, I'm not sure that calling os_kill_ptraced_process()
> >in the atomic context is correct. It seem to work, but please
> >take a closer look.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov<anton.vorontsov at linaro.org>
> >---
> 
> You forgot my Ack and I've already explained why
> os_kill_ptraced_process() is fine.

Ouch, sorry!

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Anton Vorontsov
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