linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] vfs: stop clearing close on exec when closing a fd

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Message-ID: <CANn89iJNmrvn15U6bmJDbGHqzvTzkh1deAd9rn=ah=r+5zk9-Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 3 Oct 2017 07:39:51 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@...hat.com>
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, mszeredi@...hat.com,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] vfs: stop clearing close on exec when closing a fd

On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 3:58 AM, Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@...hat.com> wrote:
> Codepaths allocating a fd always make sure the bit is set/unset
> depending on flags, thus clearing on close is redundant.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@...hat.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>