Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Oct 1999 12:12:24 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: execve-question |
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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Manfred Spraul wrote:
> what happens / should happen if I call execve() in a multi-threaded > application? > > I don't see that the mm structure is copied, and obviously noone > acquires the mm->mmap_sem.
Check fs/exec.c::exec_mmap(). mmap_sem is _not_ needed here. We are not copying the mm - we are creating new one (exec drops all mappings). For $DEITY sake, stop applying band-aids.
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