Re: [PATCH 02/11] exec: Introduce active_per_clear the per file version of per_clear

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To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/11] exec: Introduce active_per_clear the per file version of per_clear
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 12:05:15 -0700
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Greg Ungerer <gerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, LSM List <linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>, "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <878shcyskx.fsf_-_@x220.int.ebiederm.org>

As per the naming of "per_clear", I find the "active_per_clear" name
even more confusing.

It has all the same issues, but doubled down. What does "active" mean?

              Linus

References:
- exec: Promised cleanups after introducing exec_update_mutex
  - From: Eric W. Biederman
- [PATCH 0/6] exec: Trivial cleanups for exec
  - From: Eric W. Biederman
- [PATCH 0/5] exec: Control flow simplifications
  - From: Eric W. Biederman
- [PATCH v2 0/8] exec: Control flow simplifications
  - From: Eric W. Biederman
- [PATCH 0/11] exec: cred calculation simplifications
  - From: Eric W. Biederman
- [PATCH 02/11] exec: Introduce active_per_clear the per file version of per_clear
  - From: Eric W. Biederman

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