linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] task_struct cleanup: move binfmt field to mm

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Message-Id: <20090730192700.D1F784C7A4@magilla.sf.frob.com>
Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:27:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] task_struct cleanup: move binfmt field to mm_struct

> On 07/30, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> >
> > Because the binfmt is not different between threads in the same process,
> > it can be moved from task_struct to mm_struct. And binfmt moudle is handled
> > per mm_struct instead of task_struct.
> 
> Looks like a nice patch to me.

I agree!  It's a good clean-up to move this field.


Thanks,
Roland
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