On Mon, 2015-03-23 at 20:10 +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > "atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) <= 1" looks a bit more "safe". But again, > I won't insist. Agreed, it is nicer to do that check, but I have no strong preference either, perhaps Konstantin or akpm do. Anyway, here's the change that can be folded in if you guys want to. Thanks. 8<------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index 98858b5..0c3de2b 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mmput); void set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file) { struct file *old_exe_file = rcu_dereference_protected(mm->exe_file, - !atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) || current->in_execve); + atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) <= 1); if (new_exe_file) get_file(new_exe_file); -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>