The patch titled ptrace-tracehook_unsafe_exec-remove-the-stale-comment-fix has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ptrace-tracehook_unsafe_exec-remove-the-stale-comment-fix.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/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: ptrace-tracehook_unsafe_exec-remove-the-stale-comment-fix From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> On 04/23, Roland McGrath wrote: > > > tracehook_unsafe_exec() doesn't need task_lock(), remove the old comment. > > Please make it instead say that cred_exec_mutex is held by the caller > through the exec. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/tracehook.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff -puN include/linux/tracehook.h~ptrace-tracehook_unsafe_exec-remove-the-stale-comment-fix include/linux/tracehook.h --- a/include/linux/tracehook.h~ptrace-tracehook_unsafe_exec-remove-the-stale-comment-fix +++ a/include/linux/tracehook.h @@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ static inline void tracehook_report_sysc * @task: current task doing exec * * Return %LSM_UNSAFE_* bits applied to an exec because of tracing. + * + * task->cred_exec_mutex is held by the caller through the do_execve(). */ static inline int tracehook_unsafe_exec(struct task_struct *task) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch slow_work_thread-should-do-the-exclusive-wait.patch rework-fix-is_single_threaded.patch getrusage-fill-ru_maxrss-value.patch ptrace-remove-pt_dtrace-from-arch-h8300.patch ptrace-remove-pt_dtrace-from-avr32-mn10300-parisc-s390-sh-xtensa.patch ptrace-remove-pt_dtrace-from-m68k-m68knommu.patch ptrace-remove-pt_dtrace-from-arch-m32r.patch ptrace-mm_need_new_owner-use-real_parent-to-search-in-the-siblings.patch ptrace-tracehook_unsafe_exec-remove-the-stale-comment.patch ptrace-tracehook_unsafe_exec-remove-the-stale-comment-fix.patch copy_process-remove-the-unneeded-clear_tsk_thread_flagtif_sigpending.patch signals-split-do_tkill.patch signals-implement-sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo.patch x86-hookup-sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo.patch signals-tracehook_notify_jctl-change.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html