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SubjectRe: [PATCH] rlim in proc/<pid>/status (2nd rev.)
Hi,

On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 04:33:12PM +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> Hi Clifford,
>
> > +static inline char *task_rlim(struct task_struct *p, char *buffer)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long flags;
> > + struct rlimit rlim[RLIM_NLIMITS];
> > + int i;
> > +
> > + rcu_read_lock();
> > + if (lock_task_sighand(p, &flags)) {
> > + for (i=0; i<RLIM_NLIMITS; i++)
> > + rlim[i] = p->signal->rlim[i];
> > + unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
> > + }
>
> lock_task_sighand is possible return NULL?
> if so, rlim is uninitialized when NULL.

hmm.. can p->sighand be NULL here? If so, there also is a problem in the
task_sig() function in the same file.

In fact that code is copy&paste from task_sig(). In fact I'm not even sure
if I actually need to lock anything to access p->signal->rlim.. I've
searched the kernel code a bit and it looks like most acesses to the rlimits
are done unlocked, which is no problem imo given the typical change-pattern
of this values..

anyone a clue on this issues?

yours,
- clifford

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