Re: [PATCH v2] futex: mark get_robust_list as deprecated

From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri Mar 23 2012 - 18:10:41 EST


On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Eric W. Biederman
<ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Notify get_robust_list users that the syscall is going away.
>
> Has anyone asked the question if the folks working on checkpoint/restart
> are going to need this.
>
> This seems like important information to know if you want to checkpoint
> a process.

Hm, that might be true. But, I guess that's why it's lucky it's a
separate patch. :) The first patch is still desirable, IMO.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
ChromeOS Security
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