[PATCH 1/2] vfs: stop clearing close on exec when closing a fd

From: Mateusz Guzik
Date: Tue Oct 03 2017 - 06:58:30 EST


Codepaths allocating a fd always make sure the bit is set/unset
depending on flags, thus clearing on close is redundant.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/file.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 1fc7fbb..9d047bd 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -631,7 +631,6 @@ int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd)
if (!file)
goto out_unlock;
rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], NULL);
- __clear_close_on_exec(fd, fdt);
__put_unused_fd(files, fd);
spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
return filp_close(file, files);
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1.8.3.1