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Message-ID: <20120323175855.GA23668@www.outflux.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:58:55 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, spender@...ecurity.net
Subject: [PATCH] futex: mark get_robust_list as deprecated
Notify get_robust_list users that the syscall is going away.
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
kernel/futex.c | 2 ++
kernel/futex_compat.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 439440d..545d7a3 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -2449,6 +2449,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(get_robust_list, int, pid,
if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
return -ENOSYS;
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "deprecated: get_robust_list will be deleted in 2013.\n");
+
rcu_read_lock();
ret = -ESRCH;
diff --git a/kernel/futex_compat.c b/kernel/futex_compat.c
index a9642d5..83e368b 100644
--- a/kernel/futex_compat.c
+++ b/kernel/futex_compat.c
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ compat_sys_get_robust_list(int pid, compat_uptr_t __user *head_ptr,
if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
return -ENOSYS;
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "deprecated: get_robust_list will be deleted in 2013.\n");
+
rcu_read_lock();
ret = -ESRCH;
--
1.7.0.4
--
Kees Cook
ChromeOS Security
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