| From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: [patch 0/9] Fix various __task_cred related invalid RCU assumptions | Date | Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:39:06 +0000 |
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Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> While auditing the read_lock(&tasklist_lock) sites for a possible > conversion to rcu-read_lock() I stumbled over an unprotected user of > __task_cred in kernel/sys.c
I'm sure last time I looked, spinlock primitives implied RCU read locks. Maybe I was mistaken or maybe it's changed. Whatever, good catch, Thomas!
Thanks, David
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