Am Montag, 16. Oktober 2017, 22:50:43 CEST schrieb Daniel Borkmann:
> >     struct task_struct *task = current;
> > 
> > +   task_lock(task);
> > 
> >     strncpy(buf, task->comm, size);
> > 
> > +   task_unlock(task);
> 
> Wouldn't this potentially lead to a deadlock? E.g. you attach yourself
> to task_lock() / spin_lock() / etc, and then the BPF prog triggers the
> bpf_get_current_comm() taking the lock again ...

Yes, but doesn't the same apply to the use case when I attach to strncpy()
and run bpf_get_current_comm()?

Thanks,
//richard

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