Hi, While looking at the code paths for the proposed O_MAYEXEC flag, I saw some things that looked like they should be fixed up. exec: Change uselib(2) IS_SREG() failure to EACCES This just regularizes the return code on uselib(2). exec: Move S_ISREG() check earlier This moves the S_ISREG() check even earlier than it was already. exec: Move path_noexec() check earlier This adds the path_noexec() check to the same place as the S_ISREG() check. v2: - move checks into may_open() using acc_mode instead of f_mode to correctly compose with other inode file type tests[1]. - drop the FMODE_EXEC f_flags -> f_mode change for now since it remains unclear if it's useful (and is not needed any more for this series). v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-api/20200518055457.12302-1-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx/ Thanks! -Kees [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202006041910.9EF0C602@keescook/ Kees Cook (3): exec: Change uselib(2) IS_SREG() failure to EACCES exec: Move S_ISREG() check earlier exec: Move path_noexec() check earlier fs/exec.c | 23 ++++++++++++++--------- fs/namei.c | 10 ++++++++-- fs/open.c | 6 ------ 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) -- 2.25.1