Re: [PATCH 1/9] exec_path 1/9: introduce ->exec_path and switch/proc/*/exe

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> 
> This mapping issue is what created VM_EXECUTABLE/MAP_EXECUTABLE in
> the first place, I assume? Never mind it's cheap hack.
> 
> > and goes along with task->mm, and should be there, not in task_struct.
> 
> Because ->mm can be borrowed to unrelated task and user has to check
> for it.

Not it can't.

You're confusing ->mm with ->active_mm.

The latter can be borrowed. The former can not.

The fact is, the executable is _inherently_ tied to the mm. It's what it 
is mapped into. It makes no sense to tie it to anything else. It's simply 
fundamentally not a "per-thread" thing.

		Linus
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