On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 04:06:08PM +0200, Giuseppe Scrivano wrote: > + spin_lock(&cur_fds->file_lock); > + fdt = files_fdtable(cur_fds); > + cur_max = fdt->max_fds - 1; > + max_fd = min(max_fd, cur_max); > + while (fd <= max_fd) > + __set_close_on_exec(fd++, fdt); > + spin_unlock(&cur_fds->file_lock); First of all, this is an atrocious way to set all bits in a range. What's more, you don't want to set it for *all* bits - only for the ones present in open bitmap. It's probably harmless at the moment, but let's not create interesting surprises for the future.