Re: [PATCH] add new prctl for a per process wide close on exec V.3

2013-10-27 Thread Al Viro
On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 12:48:06PM +0100, Stefani Seibold wrote: > This small patch adds a runtime prctl config option for a per process > "close on exec" without breaking existing code. > > With this feature a developer can decide if the application will pass all non > "close on exec" file descri

[PATCH] add new prctl for a per process wide close on exec V.3

2013-10-27 Thread Stefani Seibold
This small patch adds a runtime prctl config option for a per process "close on exec" without breaking existing code. With this feature a developer can decide if the application will pass all non "close on exec" file descriptors to a new process or not. The mode of the process wide "close on exec

Re: [PATCH] add new prctl for a per process wide close on exec

2013-10-24 Thread Stefani Seibold
Am Dienstag, den 22.10.2013, 20:48 +0100 schrieb Al Viro: > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 09:27:18PM +0200, Stefani Seibold wrote: > > > This patch will increase security since no developers can review all > > libraries > > which there are using. Also in a team of developers it is not always > > possi

Re: [PATCH] add new prctl for a per process wide close on exec

2013-10-22 Thread Al Viro
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 09:27:18PM +0200, Stefani Seibold wrote: > This patch will increase security since no developers can review all libraries > which there are using. Also in a team of developers it is not always possible > to have a full survey over the code which is produced. Or the output o

[PATCH] add new prctl for a per process wide close on exec

2013-10-22 Thread Stefani Seibold
This small patch adds a runtime prctl config option for a per process wide "close on exec" without breaking existing code. With this feature a developer can decide if the application will pass all non "close on exec" file descriptors to a new process or not. The mode of the process wide "close on

[PATCH] [PATCH] add new prctl for a per process wide close on exec

2013-10-21 Thread stefani
From: Stefani Seibold This small patch adds a runtime prctl config option for a per process wide "close on exec" without breaking existing code. With this feature a developer can decide if the application will pass all non "close on exec" file descriptors to a new process or not. The mode of th