linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 189/192] sched: fix confusing PFA_NO_NEW

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Date:   Mon, 09 Oct 2017 13:44:25 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        "Tetsuo Handa" <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
        "Miao Xie" <miaox@...fujitsu.com>, "Zefan Li" <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        "Kees Cook" <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...nel.org>, "Tejun Heo" <tj@...nel.org>,
        "Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 189/192] sched: fix confusing PFA_NO_NEW_PRIVS constant

3.16.49-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>

commit a2b86f772227bcaf962c8b134f8d187046ac5f0e upstream.

Commit 1d4457f99928 ("sched: move no_new_privs into new atomic flags")
defined PFA_NO_NEW_PRIVS as hexadecimal value, but it is confusing
because it is used as bit number. Redefine it as decimal bit number.

Note this changes the bit position of PFA_NOW_NEW_PRIVS from 1 to 0.

Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Miao Xie <miaox@...fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
[ lizf: slightly modified subject and changelog ]
Signed-off-by: Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 include/linux/sched.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ static inline void memalloc_noio_restore
 }
 
 /* Per-process atomic flags. */
-#define PFA_NO_NEW_PRIVS 0x00000001	/* May not gain new privileges. */
+#define PFA_NO_NEW_PRIVS 0	/* May not gain new privileges. */
 
 static inline bool task_no_new_privs(struct task_struct *p)
 {