Re: [patch 2/2] c/r: prctl: Add ability to get clear_tid_address

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Mar 19 2012 - 12:51:35 EST


On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Zero is written at clear_tid_address, when
> the process exits. This functionality is used
> by pthread_join().
>
> We already have sys_set_tid_address() to change this
> address for current task but there is no way to obtain
> it from a user space.

Is it worth introducing a syscall for this just for symmetry? I
suspect not, in which case:

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Kees

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Kees Cook
ChromeOS Security
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