Re: [RFC][PATCH] Add prctl to set sibling thread names

[Andi Kleen]

> you're pretty much the first now who touches ->comm from
> not-the-thread-itself.... are you sure that is safe?

It's not, there is no locking. On the other hand nothing should crash,
just users might see half rewritten data.
-Andi
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