lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2000]   [Sep]   [22]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH] 2.4.0 i386 watchpoint problems


On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> The problem is that the !SI_FROMUSER check in bad_signal() does not work
> properly, because SI_FROMUSER does not match the defined SI_* codes (it returns
> true for kernel generated signals). The result is that it always looks at
> current and what happens depends on the credentials of the current process
> (= random)

No. The current process is always the same one we send the signal to, so
that test ends up being irrelevant.

Linus

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

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 12:38    [W:0.078 / U:3.504 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site