linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] exec: minor cleanups + minor fix

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Message-ID: <51FBC463.7040409@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 02 Aug 2013 07:38:27 -0700
From:	Zach Levis <zml@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] exec: minor cleanups + minor fix

On 08/02/2013 07:09 AM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 08/01, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>>
>> Andrew,
>>
>> By discussion with Zach, please drop
>>
>> 	fs-binfmts-add-a-name-field-to-the-binfmt-struct.patch
>> 	fs-binfmts-better-handling-of-binfmt-loops.patch
>> 	fs-binfmts-whitespace-fixes-with-scripts-cleanfile.patch
>>
>> Zach is working on v2.
>>
>> Meanwhile, can't we cleanup search_binary_handler() a bit? It
>> doesn't look nice imho. And we can certainly cleanup it more
>> (perhaps I'll try tomorrow). The error handling, request_module()
>> logic and even "for (try=0; try<2; try++)" looks horrible imho.
>
> Seriously, I think this should be cleanuped too.
>
> Zach, I am sorry if you already rebased your changes, I'll send
> a couple more patches today.
>
Don't worry -- I've been holding off on sending v2 for your changes 
today. It's not much git wrangling to apply your additional patches anyway.

> Oleg.
>

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