Make it clear that current only needs to be computed once in flush_old_exec. This may have some efficiency improvements and it makes the code easier to change. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/exec.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index db17be5..c3f3479 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -1260,13 +1260,14 @@ void __set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, const char *buf, bool exec) */ int flush_old_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm) { + struct task_struct *me = current; int retval; /* * Make sure we have a private signal table and that * we are unassociated from the previous thread group. */ - retval = de_thread(current); + retval = de_thread(me); if (retval) goto out; @@ -1294,10 +1295,10 @@ int flush_old_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm) bprm->mm = NULL; set_fs(USER_DS); - current->flags &= ~(PF_RANDOMIZE | PF_FORKNOEXEC | PF_KTHREAD | + me->flags &= ~(PF_RANDOMIZE | PF_FORKNOEXEC | PF_KTHREAD | PF_NOFREEZE | PF_NO_SETAFFINITY); flush_thread(); - current->personality &= ~bprm->per_clear; + me->personality &= ~bprm->per_clear; /* * We have to apply CLOEXEC before we change whether the process is @@ -1305,7 +1306,7 @@ int flush_old_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm) * trying to access the should-be-closed file descriptors of a process * undergoing exec(2). */ - do_close_on_exec(current->files); + do_close_on_exec(me->files); return 0; out: -- 1.9.1