Re: [PATCH 1/2] exec: Properly mark the point of no return

Bernd Edlinger [off-list ref] writes:

On 3/6/20 6:09 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:

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Bernd Edlinger [off-list ref] writes:

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On 3/5/20 10:15 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:

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Add a flag binfmt->unrecoverable to mark when execution has gotten to
the point where it is impossible to return to userspace with the
calling process unchanged.

While techinically this state starts as soon as de_thread starts

typo: s/techinically/technically/

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killing threads, the only return path at that point is if there is a
fatal signal pending.  I have choosen instead to set unrecoverable

I'm not good at english, is this chosen ?

Yes.  Defintley worth fixing.

Eric