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From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: 2.3.31++: Badness at kernel/softirq.c:143 due to new session
	leader connector
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:24:15 +0200
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On 09/29, Evgeny Polyakov wrote:
>
> I'm yet do download the latest git to check this particular patch, but
> I suppose it is possible to copy data under the lock into temporary
> buffer and then send it using existing infrastructure instead of
> calling it under the tasklist lock.

Afaics, we can just shift proc_sid_connector() from __set_special_pids()
to sys_setsid().

Oleg.