Re: [PATCH] minor socket ioctl cleanup for 2.5.30

From: kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
Date: Thu Aug 08 2002 - 14:03:33 EST


Hello!

> i'm pretty sure you need a lock_kernel + unlock_kernel around the else.
> if two people are doing a F_SETOWN / SIOCSPGRP at the same time, you could
> have a race.

Well, acccording to another path by James, it needs a write_lock and
a read_lock at side checking for permissions. :-)

Alexey
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