Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:15:00 +0100 | From | Qais Yousef <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] drm: commit_work scheduling |
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On 09/24/20 10:49, Daniel Vetter wrote:
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> > > I also thought kernel threads can be distinguished from others, so > > > userspace shouldn't be able to sneak in and get elevated by accident. > > > > I guess maybe you could look at the parent? I still would like to > > think that we could come up with something a bit less shaking than > > matching thread names by regexp.. > > ps marks up kernel threads with [], so there is a way. But I haven't > looked at what it is exactly that tells kernel threads apart from others. > > But aside from that sounds like "match right kernel thread with regex and > set its scheduler class" is how this is currently done, if I'm > understanding what Tejun and Peter said correctly. > > Not pretty, but also *shrug* ...
Isn't there a real danger that a sneaky application names its threads to match this regex and get a free promotion to RT without having the capability to do so?
Cheers
-- Qais Yousef
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