From: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
To: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@linaro.org>
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>,
John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>,
KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>,
uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org,
Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
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linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] um: Should hold tasklist_lock while traversing processes
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:12:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F6DAC28.301@nod.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120324103030.GG29067@lizard>
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Am 24.03.2012 11:30, schrieb Anton Vorontsov:
> Traversing the tasks requires holding tasklist_lock, otherwise it
> is unsafe.
>
> p.s. However, I'm not sure that calling os_kill_ptraced_process()
> in the atomic context is correct. It seem to work, but please
> take a closer look.
os_kill_ptraced_process() calls a host function.
From UML's point of view nothing sleeps, so this is fine.
Acked-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Thanks,
//richard
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-24 11:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-24 10:26 [PATCH v2 0/10] Fixes for common mistakes w/ for_each_process and task->mm Anton Vorontsov
2012-03-24 10:27 ` [PATCH 01/10] cpu: Introduce clear_tasks_mm_cpumask() helper Anton Vorontsov
2012-03-24 12:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-03-24 16:43 ` [PATCH v2.1 " Anton Vorontsov
2012-03-25 17:42 ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-03-26 7:59 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-03-26 17:04 ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-03-26 17:23 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-03-28 0:01 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2012-03-24 10:28 ` [PATCH 02/10] arm: Use clear_tasks_mm_cpumask() Anton Vorontsov
2012-03-24 10:28 ` [PATCH 03/10] powerpc: " Anton Vorontsov
2012-03-24 10:28 ` [PATCH 04/10] sh: " Anton Vorontsov
2012-03-24 10:29 ` [PATCH 05/10] blackfin: A couple of task->mm handling fixes Anton Vorontsov
2012-03-24 10:30 ` [PATCH 06/10] blackfin: Fix possible deadlock in decode_address() Anton Vorontsov
2012-03-24 10:30 ` [PATCH 07/10] um: Should hold tasklist_lock while traversing processes Anton Vorontsov
2012-03-24 11:12 ` Richard Weinberger [this message]
2012-03-24 12:48 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-03-24 16:43 ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-03-24 10:30 ` [PATCH 08/10] um: Fix possible race on task->mm Anton Vorontsov
2012-03-24 11:12 ` Richard Weinberger
2012-03-24 10:31 ` [PATCH 09/10] um: Properly check all process' threads for a live mm Anton Vorontsov
2012-03-24 11:12 ` Richard Weinberger
2012-03-24 10:31 ` [PATCH 10/10] oom: Make find_lock_task_mm() sparse-aware Anton Vorontsov
2012-03-24 12:52 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-03-24 16:21 ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-03-24 16:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-03-28 7:20 ` David Rientjes
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