From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
To: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: xemul-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org,
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Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>,
linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Andrew Morton
<akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>,
mingo-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] exec_path 1/9: introduce ->exec_path and switch /proc/*/exe
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 09:48:02 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.01.0906050942450.6847@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090605160943.GA5262-2ev+ksY9ol182hYKe6nXyg@public.gmane.org>
On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
>
> It's borrowed by kernel thread of course, not userspace task.
.. and even if it is, what's the problem?
That kernel thread has borroed whe VM for a while. It effectively _is_ a
thread of the process now. So it's technically not even wrong to
explicitly allow things like /proc/*/exe to see it as such.
But you can hide it by just checking some flag in the thread structure if
you really want to.
But when creating a regular thread, you should _not_ need to take a
spinlock and duplicate the executable path!
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-05 16:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2009-06-03 23:04 ` [PATCH 1/9] exec_path 1/9: introduce ->exec_path and switch /proc/*/exe Alexey Dobriyan
2009-06-03 23:05 ` [PATCH 2/9] exec_path 2/9: switch audit to ->exec_path Alexey Dobriyan
[not found] ` <20090603230422.GB853-2ev+ksY9ol182hYKe6nXyg@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-03 23:05 ` [PATCH 3/9] exec_path 3/9: switch TOMOYO " Alexey Dobriyan
2009-06-03 23:06 ` [PATCH 4/9] exec_path 4/9: switch oprofile " Alexey Dobriyan
2009-06-03 23:06 ` [PATCH 6/9] exec_path 6/9: add struct spu::tsk Alexey Dobriyan
2009-06-03 23:06 ` [PATCH 5/9] exec_path 5/9: make struct spu_context::owner task_struct Alexey Dobriyan
2009-06-03 23:07 ` [PATCH 7/9] exec_path 7/9: switch cell SPU thing to ->exec_path Alexey Dobriyan
2009-06-03 23:07 ` [PATCH 8/9] exec_path 8/9: remove ->exe_file et al Alexey Dobriyan
2009-06-03 23:08 ` [PATCH 9/9] exec_path 9/9: remove VM_EXECUTABLE Alexey Dobriyan
2009-06-04 7:24 ` Matt Helsley
2009-06-03 23:36 ` [PATCH 1/9] exec_path 1/9: introduce ->exec_path and switch /proc/*/exe Linus Torvalds
2009-06-04 7:55 ` Matt Helsley
2009-06-04 8:10 ` Matt Helsley
2009-06-04 15:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-06-04 21:30 ` Matt Helsley
2009-06-04 22:42 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2009-06-05 3:49 ` Matt Helsley
2009-06-05 10:45 ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-06-05 15:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-06-05 15:41 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2009-06-05 15:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-06-05 16:09 ` Alexey Dobriyan
[not found] ` <20090605160943.GA5262-2ev+ksY9ol182hYKe6nXyg@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-05 16:48 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2009-06-05 17:46 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2009-06-06 7:22 ` Al Viro
2009-06-15 22:10 ` Alexey Dobriyan
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