The patch titled Subject: fs/exec.c: replace opencoded set_mask_bits() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is coredump-replace-opencoded-set_mask_bits.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/coredump-replace-opencoded-set_mask_bits.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/coredump-replace-opencoded-set_mask_bits.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: fs/exec.c: replace opencoded set_mask_bits() Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1548275584-18096-2-git-send-email-vgupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/g/20150807115710.GA16897@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Anthony Yznaga <anthony.yznaga@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/exec.c | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/fs/exec.c~coredump-replace-opencoded-set_mask_bits +++ a/fs/exec.c @@ -1944,15 +1944,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_binfmt); */ void set_dumpable(struct mm_struct *mm, int value) { - unsigned long old, new; - if (WARN_ON((unsigned)value > SUID_DUMP_ROOT)) return; - do { - old = READ_ONCE(mm->flags); - new = (old & ~MMF_DUMPABLE_MASK) | value; - } while (cmpxchg(&mm->flags, old, new) != old); + set_mask_bits(&mm->flags, MMF_DUMPABLE_MASK, value); } SYSCALL_DEFINE3(execve, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from vineet.gupta1@xxxxxxxxxxxx are coredump-replace-opencoded-set_mask_bits.patch fs-inode_set_flags-replace-opencoded-set_mask_bits.patch bitopsh-set_mask_bits-to-return-old-value.patch