linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/2] move binfmt filed to signal

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Message-ID: <20090723161806.GA5690@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:18:06 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/2] move binfmt filed to signal_struct

On 07/22, Roland McGrath wrote:
>
> > > Because the binfmt is not different between threads in the same process,
> > > it can be moved from task_struct to signal_struct.
> >
> > Seems like a logical cleanup to me.
>
> IMHO binfmt belongs in mm_struct.

Ah, agreed.

Hiroshi, what do you think?

Oleg.

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