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| author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2009-12-09 17:13:31 +0100 |
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| committer | James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2009-12-10 09:42:48 +1100 |
| commit | 86fc80f16e8a2449d5827bf1a9838b7fd9f70097 (patch) | |
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capabilities: Use RCU to protect task lookup in sys_capget
cap_get_target_pid() protects the task lookup with tasklist_lock.
security_capget() is called under tasklist_lock as well but
tasklist_lock does not protect anything there. The capabilities are
protected by RCU already.
So tasklist_lock only protects the lookup and prevents the task going
away, which can be done with rcu_read_lock() as well.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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