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| author | Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> | 2020-04-02 18:17:50 -0500 |
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| committer | Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> | 2020-05-07 16:55:47 -0500 |
| commit | 1507b7a30ad284a2a136ee79c214c0e86c62da64 (patch) | |
| tree | 497978df3e8e7bfc0ac1220fa13bd846bbbb7c05 /fs/exec.c | |
| parent | 89826cce37542f7950e8f4b9258284805e98430c (diff) | |
| download | linux-1507b7a30ad284a2a136ee79c214c0e86c62da64.tar.gz | |
exec: Rename the flag called_exec_mmap point_of_no_return
Update the comments and make the code easier to understand by
renaming this flag.
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/exec.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/exec.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index 6bd82a007bfcc..71de9f57ae09c 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -1326,12 +1326,12 @@ int flush_old_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm) goto out; /* - * After setting bprm->called_exec_mmap (to mark that current is - * using the prepared mm now), we have nothing left of the original - * process. If anything from here on returns an error, the check - * in search_binary_handler() will SEGV current. + * With the new mm installed it is completely impossible to + * fail and return to the original process. If anything from + * here on returns an error, the check in + * search_binary_handler() will SEGV current. */ - bprm->called_exec_mmap = 1; + bprm->point_of_no_return = true; bprm->mm = NULL; #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX_TIMERS @@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *bprm) read_lock(&binfmt_lock); put_binfmt(fmt); - if (retval < 0 && bprm->called_exec_mmap) { + if (retval < 0 && bprm->point_of_no_return) { /* we got to flush_old_exec() and failed after it */ read_unlock(&binfmt_lock); force_sigsegv(SIGSEGV); |