cvs commit: src/sys/kern sys_process.c

[Scott Long]

John Baldwin wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 October 2006 17:34, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> 
>>On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:20:23 -0400
>>John Baldwin <jhb at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Saturday 14 October 2006 06:30, Tom Rhodes wrote:
>>>
>>>>trhodes     2006-10-14 10:30:14 UTC
>>>>
>>>>  FreeBSD src repository
>>>>
>>>>  Modified files:
>>>>    sys/kern             sys_process.c 
>>>>  Log:
>>>>  Close a race condition where num can be larger than tmp, giving the 
> 
> user
> 
>>>>  too large of a boundary.
>>>>  
>>>>  Reported by:    Ilja Van Sprundel
>>>
>>>FYI, it would be handy to document PT_GETLWPLIST in ptrace(2). :)
>>
>>FWIW, I'm still waiting for the ithread.9 patch review
>>Mr. Baldwin.  ;)
> 
> 
> Heh.  Considering the ifilters stuff may make some of that moot, I'd probably 
> rather just wait for the actual API to settle first.
> 

The ithread.9 manpage will be good for RELENG_6, where ifilters are less 
likely to appear.

Scott