Messages in this thread | | | From | Roland McGrath <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -tip 1/3] Pass mm->flags to binfmt core_dump for bitflag consistency | Date | Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:29:59 -0800 (PST) |
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> this would fix the (probably harmless) race too, but isnt the whole > approach taken by the patch more robust, i.e. to take a snapshot of > mm->flags value and pass it along coredump processing?
Yes, I think it is a fine thing to do. I'm just being explicit about what I think the (only) concrete issues are motivating a change.
> we should probably introduce a coredump parameter struct, and pass that > along:
Also sounds fine to me.
Thanks, Roland
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