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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/proc: report eip/esp in /prod/PID/stat for coredumping
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 12:08:09 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+55aFxgEySMkG=0iO_v9aje7nik6XR3mZYc=4jpNzr9oDqtKA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1709141735420.1916@nanos>

Ingo, I'm assuming I'll get this from the -tip tree, which is where I
got the original commit that this fixes.

Thanks,
                   Linus

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 8:37 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2017, John Ogness wrote:
>
>> Commit 0a1eb2d474ed ("fs/proc: Stop reporting eip and esp in
>> /proc/PID/stat") stopped reporting eip/esp because it is
>> racey and dangerous for executing tasks. The comment adds:
...
>> Partially revert the change and make the readout possible for
>> tasks with the proper permissions and only if the target task
>> has the PF_DUMPCORE flag set.
>
> Duh, I completely forgot about mini core dumper when I acked that commit.
>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>

  reply	other threads:[~2017-09-15 19:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-09-14  9:42 [PATCH] fs/proc: report eip/esp in /prod/PID/stat for coredumping John Ogness
2017-09-14 14:51 ` Andy Lutomirski
     [not found] ` <87poatfwg6.fsf-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>
2017-09-14 15:37   ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-09-15 19:08     ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2017-09-15 21:03       ` Ingo Molnar
2017-09-15 21:09   ` [tip:core/urgent] fs/proc: Report " tip-bot for John Ogness
2017-09-15 21:36   ` tip-bot for John Ogness

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