load_elf_binary() sets current->mm->def_flags = def_flags and def_flags is always zero. Not only this looks strange, this is unnecessary because mm_init() has already set ->def_flags = 0.
Signed-off-by: Alex Thorlton <[email protected]> Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]> Cc: Gerald Schaefer <[email protected]> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <[email protected]> Cc: Heiko Carstens <[email protected]> Cc: Christian Borntraeger <[email protected]> Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <[email protected]> Cc: Mel Gorman <[email protected]> Cc: Rik van Riel <[email protected]> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <[email protected]> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <[email protected]> Cc: Alexander Viro <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] --- fs/binfmt_elf.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c index 67be295..d09bd9c 100644 --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c @@ -579,7 +579,6 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm) unsigned long start_code, end_code, start_data, end_data; unsigned long reloc_func_desc __maybe_unused = 0; int executable_stack = EXSTACK_DEFAULT; - unsigned long def_flags = 0; struct pt_regs *regs = current_pt_regs(); struct { struct elfhdr elf_ex; @@ -719,9 +718,6 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm) if (retval) goto out_free_dentry; - /* OK, This is the point of no return */ - current->mm->def_flags = def_flags; - /* Do this immediately, since STACK_TOP as used in setup_arg_pages may depend on the personality. */ SET_PERSONALITY(loc->elf_ex); -- 1.7.12.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

