Re: [PATCH 1/2] kernel: Move prctl and helpers from kernel/sys.c to new kernel/prctl.c

+static int prctl_set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned int fd)
+{
+	struct fd exe;
+	struct file *old_exe, *exe_file;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	int err;
+
+	exe = fdget(fd);
+	if (!exe.file)
+		return -EBADF;
+
+	inode = file_inode(exe.file);
+
+	/*
+	 * Because the original mm->exe_file points to executable file, make
+	 * sure that this one is executable as well, to avoid breaking an
+	 * overall picture.
+	 */
+	err = -EACCES;
+	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || path_noexec(&exe.file->f_path))
+		goto exit;
+
+	err = inode_permission(inode, MAY_EXEC);
+	if (err)
+		goto exit;
+
+	/*
+	 * Forbid mm->exe_file change if old file still mapped.
+	 */
+	exe_file = get_mm_exe_file(mm);
+	err = -EBUSY;
+	if (exe_file) {
+		struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+
+		down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+		for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
+			if (!vma->vm_file)
+				continue;
+			if (path_equal(&vma->vm_file->f_path,
+				       &exe_file->f_path))
+				goto exit_err;
+		}
+
+		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+		fput(exe_file);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The symlink can be changed only once, just to disallow arbitrary
+	 * transitions malicious software might bring in. This means one
+	 * could make a snapshot over all processes running and monitor
+	 * /proc/pid/exe changes to notice unusual activity if needed.
+	 */
+	err = -EPERM;
+	if (test_and_set_bit(MMF_EXE_FILE_CHANGED, &mm->flags))
+		goto exit;