Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757196AbXFIRYq (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Jun 2007 13:24:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755350AbXFIRYh (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Jun 2007 13:24:37 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:42022 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755461AbXFIRYh (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Jun 2007 13:24:37 -0400 Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 18:24:29 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Ulrich Drepper Cc: Linus Torvalds , Davide Libenzi , Alan Cox , Theodore Tso , Eric Dumazet , Kyle Moffett , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [patch 7/8] fdmap v2 - implement sys_socket2 Message-ID: <20070609172429.GF4095@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <20070609003622.GB4095@ftp.linux.org.uk> <466A0020.50406@redhat.com> <20070609014140.GC4095@ftp.linux.org.uk> <466A0BFB.3070908@redhat.com> <20070609151521.GD4095@ftp.linux.org.uk> <466AD4BA.80407@redhat.com> <20070609165454.GE4095@ftp.linux.org.uk> <466ADEAB.7080202@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <466ADEAB.7080202@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 491 Lines: 10 On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 10:08:59AM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote: > - - there are two interface to use: open + fcntl. This is racy. And > don't tell me this doesn't matter. Racy with respect to what? Return-to-libc exploits from another thread? - 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/