Re: [PATCH 01/12] export kernel call get_task_comm()

[Alan Cox]

On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:44:16 -0800 (PST)
> > From current you can just dereference current->comm, and access from
> > other threads from drivers is a bad idea.

You need to take the locks for it - which get_task_comm encapsulates.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/