Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/6][v3] Define siginfo_from_ancestor_ns()

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Mon Dec 22 2008 - 17:28:36 EST


On 12/20, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
>
> + * TODO:
> + * Making SI_ASYNCIO a kernel signal could make this less hacky.
> + */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PID_NS
> +static inline int siginfo_from_user(siginfo_t *info)
> +{
> + if (!is_si_special(info) && SI_FROMUSER(info) &&

OK, if we can trust SI_FROMUSER(), then it is better, i agree.

I was worried about in-kernel usage of .si_code <= 0 ...

> + info->si_code != SI_ASYNCIO)

but this is horrible, imho.

OK, if we can't change the ABI, then perhaps we can change
kill_pid_info_as_uid() to not send the fatal signals to UNKILLABLE
task? This helper is strange and ugly anyway,


To clarify, I do not blame the patch itself, and I do not suggest
to do this right now.

Oleg.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/