[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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