Re: [PATCH]: exec: avoid propagating PF_NO_SETAFFINITY intouserspace child

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 11/27, zhang.yi20@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Userspace process doesn't want the PF_NO_SETAFFINITY, but its parent may be
> a kernel worker thread which has PF_NO_SETAFFINITY set, and this worker thread
> can do kernel_thread() to create the child.
> Clearing this flag in usersapce child to enable its migrating capability.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <zhang.yi20@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

> --- linux-3.12.old/fs/exec.c	2013-11-26 08:53:12.175811856 +0000
> +++ linux-3.12/fs/exec.c	2013-11-27 09:36:56.231972168 +0000
> @@ -1090,8 +1090,8 @@ int flush_old_exec(struct linux_binprm *
>  	bprm->mm = NULL;		/* We're using it now */
> 
>  	set_fs(USER_DS);
> -	current->flags &=
> -		~(PF_RANDOMIZE | PF_FORKNOEXEC | PF_KTHREAD | PF_NOFREEZE);
> +	current->flags &= ~(PF_RANDOMIZE | PF_FORKNOEXEC | PF_KTHREAD |
> +					PF_NOFREEZE | PF_NO_SETAFFINITY);
>  	flush_thread();
>  	current->personality &= ~bprm->per_clear;
> 
> 

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