2002-03-11 20:07:08

by Bob Miller

Subject: [PATCH] 2.5.6-pre3 Fix small race in BSD accounting [part 1]

Linus,

Below is a patch to remove a small race in kernel/acct.c.

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Bob Miller Email: [email protected]
Open Source Development Lab Phone: 503.626.2455 Ext. 17


diff -ur linux-2.5.6-orig/kernel/acct.c linux-2.5.6/kernel/acct.c
--- linux-2.5.6-orig/kernel/acct.c Thu Mar 7 18:18:05 2002
+++ linux-2.5.6/kernel/acct.c Mon Mar 11 10:52:10 2002
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
file = acct_file;
get_file(file);
unlock_kernel();
- do_acct_process(exitcode, acct_file);
+ do_acct_process(exitcode, file);
fput(file);
} else
unlock_kernel();