Hi list,
I have seen this in kernel/signal.c:check_kill_permission()
&& (current->euid ^ t->suid) && (current->euid ^ t->uid)
If current->euid and t->suid are the same, the xor returns 0, so these
statements are effectively the same as a !=
current->euid != t->suid ...
Why ^ ?
Jan Engelhardt
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