Re: [GIT PULL] execve updates for v6.8-rc1

[Kees Cook]

On January 20, 2024 2:18:36 PM PST, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>End result: I committed my "move do_open_execat() to the beginning of
>execve()" patch, since it's clearly an improvement on the existing
>behavior, and that whole "struct file allocations are unnecessarily
>expensive" issue is a separate thing.

Thanks! I'll add the other bits of refactoring I did in my version of the clean-up (I created do_close_execat() for the repeated "allow_write_access(file); fput(file);" calls, along with some comments):
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202209161637.9EDAF6B18@keescook/

I like your removal of the "out" label! :)

-Kees

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Kees Cook