Re: [PATCH v3 07/10] mm: use mm->exe_file instead of first VM_EXECUTABLE vma->vm_file

[PATCH RESEND v3 00/10] mm: vma->vm_flags diet · Konstantin Khlebnikov <hidden> · 2012-07-31
[PATCH v3 01/10] x86, pat: remove the dependency on 'vm_pgoff' in track/untrack pfn vma routines · Konstantin Khlebnikov <hidden> · 2012-07-31
[PATCH v3 02/10] x86, pat: separate the pfn attribute tracking for remap_pfn_range and vm_insert_pfn · Konstantin Khlebnikov <hidden> · 2012-07-31
[PATCH v3 03/10] mm, x86, pat: rework linear pfn-mmap tracking · Konstantin Khlebnikov <hidden> · 2012-07-31
[PATCH v3 04/10] mm: introduce arch-specific vma flag VM_ARCH_1 · Konstantin Khlebnikov <hidden> · 2012-07-31
[PATCH v3 06/10] mm: kill vma flag VM_CAN_NONLINEAR · Konstantin Khlebnikov <hidden> · 2012-07-31
Re: [PATCH v3 06/10] mm: kill vma flag VM_CAN_NONLINEAR · Sasha Levin <hidden> · 2012-10-09
[PATCH v3 07/10] mm: use mm->exe_file instead of first VM_EXECUTABLE vma->vm_file · Konstantin Khlebnikov <hidden> · 2012-07-31
Re: [PATCH v3 07/10] mm: use mm->exe_file instead of first VM_EXECUTABLE vma->vm_file · James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> · 2012-08-01
[PATCH v3 08/10] mm: kill vma flag VM_EXECUTABLE and mm->num_exe_file_vmas · Konstantin Khlebnikov <hidden> · 2012-07-31
[PATCH v3 10/10] mm: kill vma flag VM_RESERVED and mm->reserved_vm counter · Konstantin Khlebnikov <hidden> · 2012-07-31
Re: [PATCH v3 10/10] mm: kill vma flag VM_RESERVED and mm->reserved_vm counter · Eric Dumazet <hidden> · 2012-10-09
Re: [PATCH v3 10/10] mm: kill vma flag VM_RESERVED and mm->reserved_vm counter · Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> · 2012-10-09
Re: [PATCH v3 10/10] mm: kill vma flag VM_RESERVED and mm->reserved_vm counter · Alex Williamson <hidden> · 2012-10-09
Re: [PATCH v3 10/10] mm: kill vma flag VM_RESERVED and mm->reserved_vm counter · Alex Williamson <hidden> · 2012-10-09
Re: [PATCH v3 10/10] mm: kill vma flag VM_RESERVED and mm->reserved_vm counter · Alex Williamson <hidden> · 2012-10-10
[PATCH v3 09/10] mm: prepare VM_DONTDUMP for using in drivers · Konstantin Khlebnikov <hidden> · 2012-07-31
[PATCH v3 05/10] mm: kill vma flag VM_INSERTPAGE · Konstantin Khlebnikov <hidden> · 2012-07-31
Re: [PATCH RESEND v3 00/10] mm: vma->vm_flags diet · Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> · 2012-07-31

From: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Date: 2012-08-01 01:36:51
Also in: lkml

On Tue, 31 Jul 2012, 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.

Acked-by: James Morris <redacted>




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