[PATCH] file: modify struct fown_struct to use a struct pid
File handles can be requested to send sigio and sigurg to processes. By tracking the destination processes using struct pid instead of pid_t we make the interface safe from all potential pid wrap around problems. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ static int futex_fd(u32 __user *uaddr, int signal)
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filp->f_mapping = filp->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
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if (signal) {
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err = f_setown(filp, current->pid, 1);
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err = __f_setown(filp, task_pid(current), PIDTYPE_PID, 1);
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if (err < 0) {
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goto error;
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}
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