From: Miklos Szeredi vfs_permission(MAY_EXEC) checks if the filesystem is mounted with "noexec", so there's no need to repeat this check in sys_uselib() and open_exec(). Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi --- Index: linux/fs/exec.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/exec.c 2007-08-09 11:01:54.000000000 +0200 +++ linux/fs/exec.c 2007-08-09 11:04:24.000000000 +0200 @@ -113,9 +113,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_uselib(const char __ if (error) goto out; - error = -EACCES; - if (nd.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC) - goto exit; error = -EINVAL; if (!S_ISREG(nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) goto exit; @@ -659,8 +656,7 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name) if (!err) { struct inode *inode = nd.dentry->d_inode; file = ERR_PTR(-EACCES); - if (!(nd.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC) && - S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) { + if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) { int err = vfs_permission(&nd, MAY_EXEC); file = ERR_PTR(err); if (!err) { -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/