Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261500AbTKQV0H (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 16:26:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261546AbTKQV0H (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 16:26:07 -0500 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:51647 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261500AbTKQV0E (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 16:26:04 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:25:55 -0800 From: Chris Wright To: Andrew Morton Cc: James Morris , sds@epoch.ncsc.mil, aviro@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, russell@coker.com.au Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] Remove CLONE_FILES from init kernel thread creation Message-ID: <20031117132555.A24403@osdlab.pdx.osdl.net> References: <20031117124954.6fa4e366.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20031117124954.6fa4e366.akpm@osdl.org>; from akpm@osdl.org on Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 12:49:54PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 604 Lines: 17 * Andrew Morton (akpm@osdl.org) wrote: > > I wonder why call_usermodehelper() uses CLONE_FILES... Looks like 2.5 used to actually close all fd's before exec'ing the usermodehelper. I wonder if it's just a result of Rusty's consolidation and using CLONE_KERNEL? thanks, -chris -- Linux Security Modules http://lsm.immunix.org http://lsm.bkbits.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/