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Andrew Morton wrote: > Do races in access() actually matter? I mean, some other process could > change things a nanosecond after access() has completed and the value which > the access() caller received is wrong anyway. What about the effect access() has on other callers? It temporarily changes current->fsuid, so fs operations in other completely independent threads are affected. -- Jamie - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | |||||||||
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