Re: [PATCH v2] mm_access: simplify the security checks

From: Oleg Nesterov

Date: Mon Jun 01 2026 - 08:32:07 EST


On 06/01, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
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> On 5/30/26 16:12, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
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> I am not sure I spot the "simplification" here?

Ah, then lets forget this patch ;)

Cleanups are always subjective, if maintainer doesn't agree - forget it.

> Looks more like an optimization that makes the code slightly more complicated.

I don't think that !task->mm or current->mm == task->mm is the common case.
Just the code looks more clear to me if it takes exec_update_lock only when
necessary.

But see above, please forget.

Oleg.