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From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
To: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
	brauner@kernel.org, ebiederm@xmission.com, david@redhat.com,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, koct9i@gmail.com,
	dave@stgolabs.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kernel/fork: stop playing lockless games for exe_file replacement
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 20:11:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230814181114.GD17738@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230814172140.1777161-1-mjguzik@gmail.com>

On 08/14, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
>
> However, fe69d560b5bd ("kernel/fork: always deny write access to current
> MM exe_file") added a semaphore up/down cycle to synchronize the state
> of exe_file against fork, defeating the point of the original change.

Agreed,

> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
> ---
>  fs/exec.c     |  4 ++--
>  kernel/fork.c | 22 +++++++++-------------
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>



  reply	other threads:[~2023-08-14 18:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-08-14 17:21 Mateusz Guzik
2023-08-14 18:11 ` Oleg Nesterov [this message]
2023-08-15  7:29 ` David Hildenbrand

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