linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove struct mm_struct::exe

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Message-ID: <30254.1238597635@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:53:55 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove struct mm_struct::exe_file et al

Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com> wrote:

> all binary format handlers place the executable low in the mmap

Not so, at least not on NOMMU, and possibly not so with randomised executable
mappings either.

David
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