From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: richard@nod.at (Richard Weinberger) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:57:54 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 7/9] um: Should hold tasklist_lock while traversing processes In-Reply-To: <20120423070925.GG30752@lizard> References: <20120423070641.GA27702@lizard> <20120423070925.GG30752@lizard> Message-ID: <4F956DF2.7020408@nod.at> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 23.04.2012 09:09, Anton Vorontsov wrote: > 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. > > Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov > --- You forgot my Ack and I've already explained why os_kill_ptraced_process() is fine. Thanks, //richard