Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751368AbVKIOf7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2005 09:35:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751395AbVKIOf7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2005 09:35:59 -0500 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:8664 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751368AbVKIOf6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2005 09:35:58 -0500 Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:35:38 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: "Paul E. McKenney" Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dipankar@hill9.org, wli@holomorphy.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] tasklist-RCU fix in attach_pid() Message-ID: <20051109143538.GA12399@elte.hu> References: <20051109032233.GA3060@us.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051109032233.GA3060@us.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-ELTE-SpamScore: 0.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=0.0 required=5.9 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled SpamAssassin version=3.0.3 0.0 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 519 Lines: 20 * Paul E. McKenney wrote: > Hello! > > Bug in attach_pid() can result in RCU readers in find_pid() getting > confused if they race with process creation. > > Signed-off-by: yeah ... Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Ingo - 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/