Thread (53 messages) 53 messages, 5 authors, 2014-06-27

[PATCH v8 3/9] seccomp: introduce writer locking

From: oleg@redhat.com (Oleg Nesterov)
Date: 2014-06-25 14:05:51
Also in: linux-api, linux-arch, linux-mips, lkml 

On 06/24, Kees Cook wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
@@ -524,6 +529,8 @@ static long seccomp_set_mode(unsigned long seccomp_mode, char __user *filter)
 	}
 #endif

+	spin_lock_irqsave(&current->sighand->siglock, irqflags);
+
Well, I won't argue if you prefer to use _irqsave "just in case".

But irqs must be enabled in syscall paths, you could use spin_lock_irq().
The same for seccomp_set_mode_filter() added later.

Oleg.
  



    
  

  
    

      

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