The patch titled Subject: procfs-fixes-pthread-cross-thread-naming-if-pr_dumpable-fix has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is procfs-fixes-pthread-cross-thread-naming-if-pr_dumpable-fix.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/procfs-fixes-pthread-cross-thread-naming-if-pr_dumpable-fix.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/procfs-fixes-pthread-cross-thread-naming-if-pr_dumpable-fix.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: procfs-fixes-pthread-cross-thread-naming-if-pr_dumpable-fix fix spello in comment Cc: Janis Danisevskis <jdanis@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/base.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/proc/base.c~procfs-fixes-pthread-cross-thread-naming-if-pr_dumpable-fix fs/proc/base.c --- a/fs/proc/base.c~procfs-fixes-pthread-cross-thread-naming-if-pr_dumpable-fix +++ a/fs/proc/base.c @@ -3161,7 +3161,7 @@ int proc_pid_readdir(struct file *file, * used for the node /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/comm. * It bypasses generic permission checks in the case where a task of the same * task group attempts to access the node. - * The rational behind this is that glibc and bionic access this node for + * The rationale behind this is that glibc and bionic access this node for * cross thread naming (pthread_set/getname_np(!self)). However, if * PR_SET_DUMPABLE gets set to 0 this node among others becomes uid=0 gid=0, * which locks out the cross thread naming implementation. _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are i-need-old-gcc.patch arch-alpha-kernel-systblss-remove-debug-check.patch arm-arch-arm-include-asm-pageh-needs-personalityh.patch kernel-padata-hide-unused-functions-checkpatch-fixes.patch mm.patch mm-rename-_count-field-of-the-struct-page-to-_refcount-fix.patch mm-rename-_count-field-of-the-struct-page-to-_refcount-fix-fix.patch include-linux-apply-__malloc-attribute-checkpatch-fixes.patch include-linux-nodemaskh-create-next_node_in-helper.patch include-linux-nodemaskh-create-next_node_in-helper-fix-fix.patch mm-hugetlbc-use-first_memory_node.patch mm-mempolicyc-offset_il_node-document-and-clarify.patch mm-uninline-page_mapped.patch mm-uninline-page_mapped-checkpatch-fixes.patch memory_hotplug-introduce-config_memory_hotplug_default_online-fix.patch oom-oom_reaper-try-to-reap-tasks-which-skip-regular-oom-killer-path-try-to-reap-tasks-which-skip-regular-memcg-oom-killer-path-fix.patch mm-page_alloc-only-check-pagecompound-for-high-order-pages-fix.patch mm-page_alloc-shorten-the-page-allocator-fast-path-fix.patch mm-page_alloc-avoid-looking-up-the-first-zone-in-a-zonelist-twice-fix.patch mm-compaction-abstract-compaction-feedback-to-helpers-fix.patch mm-oom-compaction-prevent-from-should_compact_retry-looping-for-ever-for-costly-orders-fix.patch mm-kasan-initial-memory-quarantine-implementation-v8-fix.patch procfs-fixes-pthread-cross-thread-naming-if-pr_dumpable-fix.patch exit_thread-remove-empty-bodies-fix.patch exit_thread-accept-a-task-parameter-to-be-exited-checkpatch-fixes.patch fs-execc-fix-minor-memory-leak.patch linux-next-rejects.patch drivers-net-wireless-intel-iwlwifi-dvm-calibc-fix-min-warning.patch kernel-forkc-export-kernel_thread-to-modules.patch slab-leaks3-default-y.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html