Re: [PATCH 1/3] exec: introduce exec_binprm() for "depth == 0" code

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Sun Aug 04 2013 - 10:41:00 EST


On 08/03, Kees Cook wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > +static int exec_binprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
> > +{
> > + pid_t old_pid, old_vpid;
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + /* Need to fetch pid before load_binary changes it */
> > + old_pid = current->pid;
> > + rcu_read_lock();
> > + old_vpid = task_pid_nr_ns(current, task_active_pid_ns(current->parent));
> > + rcu_read_unlock();
> > +
> > + ret = search_binary_handler(bprm);
> > + if (ret >= 0) {
> > + trace_sched_process_exec(current, old_pid, bprm);
> > + ptrace_event(PTRACE_EVENT_EXEC, old_vpid);
> > + current->did_exec = 1;
> > + }
>
> Cleanup looks good. One idea here, though: this could be made more
> pretty by doing:
>
> if (ret < 0)
> return ret;
>
> to avoid the indentation for the "expected" code path.

Well, I do not reallt mind. But this "if" block is simple and small,
we do we need another "return" ?

To me the code looks more readable this way, but I can redo/resend.

Oleg.

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