linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm, exec: remove redundant set_fs(USER

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:48:21 +0100
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm, exec: remove redundant set_fs(USER_DS)

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 03:08:57PM +0200, Mathias Krause wrote:
> The address limit is already set in flush_old_exec() so this
> set_fs(USER_DS) is redundant.

Please show where and how this is done.  I've looked and can't see
any equivalent call to set_fs() in flush_old_exec().
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