Re: [patch 7/8] fdmap v2 - implement sys_socket2

[Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>]

Davide Libenzi a écrit :
> On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> I am afraid randomization wont really work if /sbin/init or /bin/bash for
>> example uses one (or more) unseq fd :
>> The 'random base' will be propagated at fork()/exec() time ?
> 
> As I said to Uli, we can't move the base while fds are in there. We can 
> re-randomize it when it's empty. This can also be done (it's a trivial and 
> fast operation - just set fmap->base to a new value) even every time the 
> fd count on the map touches zero.
> 

Hum, I think it would be better to free fmap if it's empty, instead of change 
fmap->base. (Only in fork() after removal of O_CLOFORK file handles, and in 
exec() after removal of O_CLOEXEC file handles)