[PATCH] fork: Using clone_flags for legacy clone check

[PATCH] fork: Using clone_flags for legacy clone check

[Wang Jinchao]

In the current implementation of clone(), there is a line that
initializes `u64 clone_flags = args->flags` at the top.
This means that there is no longer a need to use args->flags
for the legacy clone check.

Signed-off-by: Wang Jinchao <wangjinchao@xfusion.com>
---
 kernel/fork.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 0d944e92a43f..a6c5383288c9 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2876,8 +2876,8 @@ pid_t kernel_clone(struct kernel_clone_args *args)
 	 * here has the advantage that we don't need to have a separate helper
 	 * to check for legacy clone().
 	 */
-	if ((args->flags & CLONE_PIDFD) &&
-	    (args->flags & CLONE_PARENT_SETTID) &&
+	if ((clone_flags & CLONE_PIDFD) &&
+	    (clone_flags & CLONE_PARENT_SETTID) &&
 	    (args->pidfd == args->parent_tid))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-- 
2.40.0

Re: [PATCH] fork: Using clone_flags for legacy clone check

[Christian Brauner]

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:54:41 +0800, Wang Jinchao wrote:
> In the current implementation of clone(), there is a line that
> initializes `u64 clone_flags = args->flags` at the top.
> This means that there is no longer a need to use args->flags
> for the legacy clone check.
> 
> 

Applied to the vfs.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.misc

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      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/b473491b6cf8