Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] sched: Extend task command name to 64 bytes

Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-api,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kvack.linux-mm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, 25 May 2026 11:42:41 +0100
David Laight <[email protected]> wrote:

> > >  	error = security_task_prctl(option, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
> > > @@ -2601,16 +2601,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
> > >  			error = -EINVAL;
> > >  		break;
> > >  	case PR_SET_NAME:
> > > -		comm[sizeof(me->comm) - 1] = 0;
> > > +		comm[TASK_COMM_LEN - 1] = 0;
> > >  		if (strncpy_from_user(comm, (char __user *)arg2,
> > > -				      sizeof(me->comm) - 1) < 0)
> > > +				      TASK_COMM_LEN - 1) < 0)    
> > 
> > Nak - you can't do that.
> > You are reading data that the application doesn't expect you to read.  
> 
> Or have I got confused over the names...

You may have gotten confused by names, as sizeof(me->comm) is the same as
TASK_COMM_LEN. Basically, the above doesn't change anything.

-- Steve
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