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Date:	Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:34:46 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Joe Malicki <jmalicki@...acarta.com>,
	Michael Itz <mitz@...acarta.com>,
	Kenneth Baker <bakerk@...acarta.com>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/2] check_unsafe_exec: rcu_read_unlock

On 04/24, Hugh Dickins wrote:
>
> --- 2.6.30-rc3-next-20090424/fs/exec.c	2009-04-24 12:23:43.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux/fs/exec.c	2009-04-24 12:26:10.000000000 +0100
> @@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ int check_unsafe_exec(struct linux_binpr
>  		if (t->fs == p->fs)
>  			n_fs++;
>  	}
> -	rcu_read_lock();
> +	rcu_read_unlock();

I'd say this change is not bad. Except it discloses the fact I didn't
bother to test my trivial patch.

Thanks a lot Hugh!!!

And my apologies to all.

Oleg.

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