linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] avr32, exec: remove redundant set_fs(USER

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Message-ID: <1308050886.16682.8.camel@hcegtvedt.norway.atmel.com>
Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:28:06 +0200
From:	Hans-Christian Egtvedt <hans-christian.egtvedt@...el.com>
To:	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] avr32, exec: remove redundant set_fs(USER_DS)

On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 15:09 +0200, Mathias Krause wrote:
> The address limit is already set in flush_old_exec() so this
> set_fs(USER_DS) is redundant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>

Thanks, after searching up the history before this patch I see the whole
point as well. Please drop a line/link to parent patches that explains
the whole picture in the future.

I'll apply this to the AVR32 tree.

-- 
Hans-Christian Egtvedt

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