linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] exit: Factor coredump_exit_mm out of exit

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Message-ID: <202109241128.E0A915F@keescook>
Date:   Fri, 24 Sep 2021 11:28:34 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] exit: Factor coredump_exit_mm out of exit_mm

On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 07:11:08PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> 
> Separate the coredump logic from the ordinary exit_mm logic
> by moving the coredump logic out of exit_mm into it's own
> function coredump_exit_mm.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>

Yup -- mechanical refactoring looks good.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook