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SubjectRe: [PATCH] for 2.6.16, disable unshare_vm()
Linus Torvalds wrote:

>On Sat, 18 Mar 2006, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
>
>>sys_unshare() does mmput(new_mm). This is not enough
>>if we have mm->core_waiters. This patch is a temporary
>>fix for soon to be released 2.6.16.
>>
>>
>
>Yes. Quick raising of hands: is there anybody out there that expects to
>use unshare(CLONE_VM) right now? One of the reasons it was integrated was
>that I thought glibc wanted it for distros. Is disabling the CLONE_VM
>unsharing going to impact that?
>
> Linus
>
>
>
We are using namespace and filesystem unsharing for our common criteria
certification work and would not be impacted by disabling of vm unsharing.

-Janak
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