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SubjectRe: [PATCH] A new entry for /proc
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On Sad, 2005-01-08 at 20:20, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> Seems to have no locking: needs to down_read mmap_sem to guard vmas.
> Does it need page_table_lock? I think not (and proc_pid_statm didn't).

The mmap_sem is insufficient during an exec - something that the
sys_uselib changes noted. It would work in -ac but thats a property of
how I fixed it rather than how Linus fixed it for the base kernel.

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