From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 191C5C43331 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 02:12:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E00F520658 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 02:12:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1585015937; bh=vIX3tHFAx/hb9jO3Yfjn2tf5HJ8jGnDTBy6+RNXlgps=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:List-ID:From; b=1YKFE927wfVqmWR3SNfegbnvkbEXeF7LuPkdrBle33DZmMxkEr+tjg5PkN/rBkr1B oGElr3IhdXPE26yaE44NXFJu/sapUHP4mBedLL3/AiSb3GdaXCTcUa7lLFCTUREoOy kTnWV3ailR1QaWzHfHCE3lA2sSRF7gYeT1qvRh6M= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727175AbgCXCMQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Mar 2020 22:12:16 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:59140 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727050AbgCXCMQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Mar 2020 22:12:16 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (c-73-231-172-41.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [73.231.172.41]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3A2C22051A; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 02:12:15 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1585015935; bh=vIX3tHFAx/hb9jO3Yfjn2tf5HJ8jGnDTBy6+RNXlgps=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=SPyIEi4vkVu4m1Vha3wtARhomeuEyxJozvXFV2ca6mYGGi9SlR9F0K283pmtsJZP2 /71LVu/LuMBHCodny2FlhGyRto/IB8rg+hSOQC2pYy7diC4Zt3vFHxN4jSyjytP5FT SYkzNY8/6QDvCgGuphxjFySH/00evY6w/P8ZVQ4Y= Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 19:12:14 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) Cc: Oleg Nesterov , Davidlohr Bueso , Manfred Spraul , Markus Elfring , Yoji , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipc/mqueue.c: change __do_notify() to bypass check_kill_permission() Message-Id: <20200323191214.81a60c4ae1a59fdbd5c5d46d@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <87imivc92n.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org> References: <20200322110901.GA25108@redhat.com> <87lfnsh3tm.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org> <20200322202929.GA1614@redhat.com> <87imivc92n.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.1 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:47:12 -0500 ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) wrote: > I really just want to be certain that things are fixed well enough that > we don't risk a regressing again the next time someone touches the code. That would be nice ;) But as Oleg indicated, please let's have something minimal for -stable backporting friendliness. A more comprehensive change can then be merged following the regular processes.