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Re: [PATCH] Error checking for SETXID (bug 13347)

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 18:33:53 -0400
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Error checking for SETXID (bug 13347)
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On Mon 24 Mar 2014 15:30:30 Florian Weimer wrote:
> Check for syscall error in the SETXID implementation in NPTL (bug 13347).
> 
> At this point, we can only abort the process because we have already
> switched credentials on other threads.  Returning an error would still
> leave the process in an inconsistent state.
> 
> The new xtest needs root privileges to run.

patch looks OK to me.  improving the kernel layer is an independent issue.
-mike

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