linux-kernel - [PATCH] fork: Using clone_flags for legacy clone check

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Message-ID: <202401311054+0800-wangjinchao@xfusion.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:54:41 +0800
From: Wang Jinchao <wangjinchao@...sion.com>
To: <brauner@...nel.org>, <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC: <stone.xulei@...sion.com>, <wangjinchao@...sion.com>
Subject: [PATCH] fork: Using clone_flags for legacy clone check

In the current implementation of clone(), there is a line that
initializes `u64 clone_flags = args->flags` at the top.
This means that there is no longer a need to use args->flags
for the legacy clone check.

Signed-off-by: Wang Jinchao <wangjinchao@...sion.com>
---
 kernel/fork.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 0d944e92a43f..a6c5383288c9 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2876,8 +2876,8 @@ pid_t kernel_clone(struct kernel_clone_args *args)
 	 * here has the advantage that we don't need to have a separate helper
 	 * to check for legacy clone().
 	 */
-	if ((args->flags & CLONE_PIDFD) &&
-	    (args->flags & CLONE_PARENT_SETTID) &&
+	if ((clone_flags & CLONE_PIDFD) &&
+	    (clone_flags & CLONE_PARENT_SETTID) &&
 	    (args->pidfd == args->parent_tid))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-- 
2.40.0