Subject: Re: timing hole in process creation
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/03/2002 21:07:32
In article <20020703211952.B395@snowdrop.l8s.co.uk>,
David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk> wrote:
>I found this due to some extra sanity checks in some re-written code.
>(I'll probably submit a PR for my changes when I've sorted the next
>consequential change...)
>
>It is possible for kernel code to access a 'proc' structure that
>is only parially setup (by fork1).
>
[analysis deleted]
>
>Comments?

I think you are correct.

christos