Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 03:06:46PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> > On Sun, Mar 08, 2020 at 04:36:55PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> >> >> >> These functions have very little to do with de_thread move them out >> >> of de_thread an into flush_old_exec proper so it can be more clearly >> >> seen what flush_old_exec is doing. >> >> >> >> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> --- >> >> fs/exec.c | 10 +++++----- >> >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) >> >> >> >> diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c >> >> index ff74b9a74d34..215d86f77b63 100644 >> >> --- a/fs/exec.c >> >> +++ b/fs/exec.c >> >> @@ -1189,11 +1189,6 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk) >> > >> > While you're cleaning up de_thread() wouldn't it be good to also take >> > the opportunity and remove the task argument from de_thread(). It's only >> > ever used with current. Could be done in one of your patches or as a >> > separate patch. >> >> How does that affect the code generation? > > The same way renaming "tsk" to "me" does. > >> >> My sense is that computing current once in flush_old_exec is much >> better than computing it in each function flush_old_exec calls. >> I remember that computing current used to be not expensive but >> noticable. >> >> For clarity I can see renaming tsk to me. So that it is clear we are >> talking about the current process, and not some arbitrary process. > > For clarity since de_thread() uses "tsk" giving the impression that any > task can be dethreaded while it's only ever used with current. It's just > a suggestion since you're doing the rename tsk->me anyway it would fit > with the series. You do whatever you want though. > (I just remember that the same request was made once to changes I did: > Don't pass current as arg when it's the only task passed.) That's fair. And I completely agree that we should at least rename tsk to me. Just for clarity. My apologies if I am a little short. My little son has been an extra handful lately. Eric
