Subject: Re: commoning up code that changes uids and gids
To: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
From: Noriyuki Soda <soda@sra.co.jp>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/04/2003 19:28:26
>>>>> On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 10:21:08 +0000, David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk> said:

>> Such code should be rewritten by using saved UID feature.

> True - but we have to implement it for existing binaries.

for compat_linux and other compat implementations?
I don't have problem with that.
i.e. I think it's ok to have the subroutine in our kernel,
but I don't think it's right thing to add native setresuid() system call.

I guess what Matt think is same with me.
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soda