Re: lock_kernel and exec_domain usage?

David Woodhouse (David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com)
Fri, 03 Dec 1999 11:11:02 +0000

jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com said:
> I was wondering if the lock_kernel calls in kernel/
> exec_domain.c::sys_personality() could be removed?

> In fs/binfmt_elf.c and fs/binfmt_aout.c, practically the same code
> exists (grep for lookup_exec_domain), but is not surrounded by a
> kernel lock at all.

If you're working in this area, start from the patch at
ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/abi/abi-2.3.29-p3-b.patch.gz

We've played around with sys_personality() already. 

--
dwmw2






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