[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>
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index bc0face..151a2e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@
return ret;
if (on) {
- ret = f_setown(file, current->pid, 0);
+ ret = __f_setown(file, task_pid(current), PIDTYPE_PID, 0);
if (ret)
return ret;
tun->flags |= TUN_FASYNC;