From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: exec: remove checks in __register_bimfmt() Delete NULL check, all callers pass valid pointer. Delete ->load_binary check -- failure to provide hook in a custom module will be very noticeable at the very first execve call. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YK1Gy1qXaLAR+tPl@localhost.localdomain Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/exec.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) --- a/fs/exec.c~exec-remove-checks-in-__register_bimfmt +++ a/fs/exec.c @@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ static DEFINE_RWLOCK(binfmt_lock); void __register_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt * fmt, int insert) { - BUG_ON(!fmt); - if (WARN_ON(!fmt->load_binary)) - return; write_lock(&binfmt_lock); insert ? list_add(&fmt->lh, &formats) : list_add_tail(&fmt->lh, &formats); _
