[PATCH] file: modify struct fown_struct to use a struct pid
File handles can be requested to send sigio and sigurg to processes. By tracking the destination processes using struct pid instead of pid_t we make the interface safe from all potential pid wrap around problems. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ void fastcall __fput(struct file *file)
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fops_put(file->f_op);
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if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
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put_write_access(inode);
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put_pid(file->f_owner.pid);
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file_kill(file);
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file->f_dentry = NULL;
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file->f_vfsmnt = NULL;
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