Re: [PATCH 01/37] Revert "android: binder: Sanity check at binder ioctl"

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On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 09:08:48AM -0700, Todd Kjos wrote:
> It is reverted here because if we keep it, it would need to be refactored as
> part of this patchset since vma_vm_mm is no longer in struct binder_proc (moved
> to binder_alloc). The patch introduces a race condition in the driver and an
> attempt to fix it was submitted in "[PATCH v2] android: binder: fix dangling
> pointer comparison" and the conclusion then was to revert this patch. After
> discussing with Arve we decided reverting now was better than refactoring it to
> work with FGL.
> 
> Do you want me to add rationale to the commit message?

Yes, please do :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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