Re: [PATCH v2 07/10] mm: use mm->exe_file instead of first VM_EXECUTABLEvma->vm_file

From: Chris Metcalf
Date: Sat Apr 07 2012 - 15:21:53 EST


On 4/7/2012 3:01 PM, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> Some security modules and oprofile still uses VM_EXECUTABLE for retrieving
> task's executable file, after this patch they will use mm->exe_file directly.
> mm->exe_file protected with mm->mmap_sem, so locking stays the same.
>
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kentaro Takeda <takedakn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Morris <james.l.morris@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: oprofile-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx

For arch/tile:

Acked-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxx>

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