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mm: introduce get_task_exe_file

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For more convenient access if one has a pointer to the task.

As a minor nit take advantage of the fact that only task lock + rcu are
needed to safely grab ->exe_file. This saves mm refcount dance.

Use the helper in proc_exe_link.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru>
Acked-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.3.x
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
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Mateusz Guzik 2016-08-23 16:20:38 +02:00 • committed by Paul Moore
parent 43761473c2
commit cd81a9170e
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@ -773,6 +773,29 @@ struct file *get_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_mm_exe_file);
/**
* get_task_exe_file - acquire a reference to the task's executable file
*
* Returns %NULL if task's mm (if any) has no associated executable file or
* this is a kernel thread with borrowed mm (see the comment above get_task_mm).
* User must release file via fput().
*/
struct file *get_task_exe_file(struct task_struct *task)
{
struct file *exe_file = NULL;
struct mm_struct *mm;
task_lock(task);
mm = task->mm;
if (mm) {
if (!(task->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
exe_file = get_mm_exe_file(mm);
}
task_unlock(task);
return exe_file;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_task_exe_file);
/**
* get_task_mm - acquire a reference to the task's mm
*