The patch titled
Subject: fs/binfmt_elf.c: make scope of "pos" variable smaller
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
elf-make-scope-of-pos-variable-smaller.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/elf-make-scope-of-pos-variable-smaller.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/elf-make-scope-of-pos-variable-smaller.patch
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From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: fs/binfmt_elf.c: make scope of "pos" variable smaller
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190314204707.GC18143@avx2
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c~elf-make-scope-of-pos-variable-smaller
+++ a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -704,7 +704,6 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_
struct elfhdr interp_elf_ex;
} *loc;
struct arch_elf_state arch_state = INIT_ARCH_ELF_STATE;
- loff_t pos;
loc = kmalloc(sizeof(*loc), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!loc) {
@@ -744,6 +743,8 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_
for (i = 0; i < loc->elf_ex.e_phnum; i++) {
if (elf_ppnt->p_type == PT_INTERP) {
+ loff_t pos;
+
/* This is the program interpreter used for
* shared libraries - for now assume that this
* is an a.out format binary
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx are
ramfs-support-o_tmpfile.patch
elf-make-scope-of-pos-variable-smaller.patch
elf-free-pt_interp-filename-asap.patch
elf-delete-trailing-return-in-functions-returning-void.patch
