On Tue, 2015-04-21 at 22:12 +0200, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
> in dup_fd:
> for (i = open_files; i != 0; i--) {
> struct file *f = *old_fds++;
> if (f) {
> get_file(f);
>
I see no new requirement here. f is either NULL or not.
multi threaded programs never had a guarantee dup_fd() would catch a non
NULL pointer here.
> at least a data dependency barrier, or maybe smp_rmb for peace of mind
>
> similarly in do_dup2:
> tofree = fdt->fd[fd];
> if (!tofree && fd_is_open(fd, fdt))
> goto Ebusy;
Same here.
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