[PATCH -tip 1/3] Pass mm->flags to binfmt core_dump for bitflag consistency
Roland McGrath
roland@redhat.com
Fri Nov 13 23:30:00 GMT 2009
> 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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