From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754227AbZEJXcG (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 May 2009 19:32:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751273AbZEJXbx (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 May 2009 19:31:53 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:57594 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751132AbZEJXbw (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 May 2009 19:31:52 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Roland McGrath To: Oleg Nesterov X-Fcc: ~/Mail/linus Cc: David Howells , jmorris@namei.org, chrisw@sous-sol.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, eparis@redhat.com, sds@tycho.nsa.gov, Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] CRED: Rename cred_exec_mutex to reflect that it's a guard against ptrace In-Reply-To: Oleg Nesterov's message of Saturday, 9 May 2009 20:59:06 +0200 <20090509185906.GB10396@redhat.com> References: <20090508125522.8488.13637.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <20090509185906.GB10396@redhat.com> X-Shopping-List: (1) Didactic pincushions (2) Remote aggressors (3) Antic retarders (4) Abstinent beef wigs Message-Id: <20090510232938.A62E1FC35D@magilla.sf.frob.com> Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 16:29:38 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Hmm. Ingo's "rename ptrace_may_access => ptrace_access_check" conflicts > with my patch too. Andrew seemed to want a different name choice too, so that will have to be resolved before we worry about patch conflicts. > Andrew, Roland, I guess I should re-send > > ptrace-ptrace_attach-check-pf_kthread-exit_state-instead-of-mm.patch > ptrace-cleanup-check-set-of-pt_ptraced-during-attach.patch > ptrace-do-not-use-task_lock-for-attach.patch > > patches? I guess so too. Your series of changes is more substantial and potentially controversial or problematic than the various renamings, so I think it makes sense to settle and merge the renamings first. Thanks, Roland