linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] exec: Properly mark the point of no return

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Message-ID: <87blpaawmw.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org>
Date:   Thu, 05 Mar 2020 23:19:03 -0600
From:   ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:     Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@...mail.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] exec: Properly mark the point of no return

Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@...mail.de> writes:

> On 3/5/20 10:15 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> @@ -1266,7 +1267,7 @@ int flush_old_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
>>  	 * Make sure we have a private signal table and that
>>  	 * we are unassociated from the previous thread group.
>>  	 */
>> -	retval = de_thread(current);
>> +	retval = de_thread(bprm, current);
>
> can we get rid of passing current as parameter here?

With a separate patch.  It makes the patch less clear if I make that
change in this one.

Eric