linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] coredump: Replace opencoded set_mask

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Message-ID: <1547166387-19785-2-git-send-email-vgupta@synopsys.com>
Date:   Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:26:25 -0800
From:   Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta1@...opsys.com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <peterz@...radead.org>, Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta1@...opsys.com>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] coredump: Replace opencoded set_mask_bits()

Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/g/20150807115710.GA16897@redhat.com
Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>
---
 fs/exec.c | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index fb72d36f7823..df7f05362283 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1944,15 +1944,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_binfmt);
  */
 void set_dumpable(struct mm_struct *mm, int value)
 {
-	unsigned long old, new;
-
 	if (WARN_ON((unsigned)value > SUID_DUMP_ROOT))
 		return;
 
-	do {
-		old = READ_ONCE(mm->flags);
-		new = (old & ~MMF_DUMPABLE_MASK) | value;
-	} while (cmpxchg(&mm->flags, old, new) != old);
+	set_mask_bits(&mm->flags, MMF_DUMPABLE_MASK, value);
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(execve,
-- 
2.7.4