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author | Rich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx> | 2013-04-26 15:09:49 -0400 |
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committer | Rich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx> | 2013-04-26 15:09:49 -0400 |
commit | a0473a0c826016aec1181819fcd4fff5c074f042 (patch) | |
tree | 141eb6c44848881263145754b2d323c98739fa05 /src/multibyte | |
parent | 43653c1250ad5eb5385d7e08292ad047420f8d25 (diff) | |
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remove explicit locking to prevent __synccall setuid during posix_spawn
for the duration of the vm-sharing clone used by posix_spawn, all signals are blocked in the parent process, including implementation-internal signals. since __synccall cannot do anything until successfully signaling all threads, the fact that signals are blocked automatically yields the necessary safety. aside from debloating and general simplification, part of the motivation for removing the explicit lock is to simplify the synchronization logic of __synccall in hopes that it can be made async-signal-safe, which is needed to make setuid and setgid, which depend on __synccall, conform to the standard. whether this will be possible remains to be seen.
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