[patch 1/8] fork: collapse copy_flags into copy_process

From: David Rientjes
Date: Wed Dec 04 2013 - 00:20:05 EST


copy_flags() does not use the clone_flags formal and can be collapsed
into copy_process() for cleaner code.

Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/fork.c | 12 ++----------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1066,15 +1066,6 @@ static int copy_signal(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
return 0;
}

-static void copy_flags(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
-{
- unsigned long new_flags = p->flags;
-
- new_flags &= ~(PF_SUPERPRIV | PF_WQ_WORKER);
- new_flags |= PF_FORKNOEXEC;
- p->flags = new_flags;
-}
-
SYSCALL_DEFINE1(set_tid_address, int __user *, tidptr)
{
current->clear_child_tid = tidptr;
@@ -1223,7 +1214,8 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,

p->did_exec = 0;
delayacct_tsk_init(p); /* Must remain after dup_task_struct() */
- copy_flags(clone_flags, p);
+ p->flags &= ~(PF_SUPERPRIV | PF_WQ_WORKER);
+ p->flags |= PF_FORKNOEXEC;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->children);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->sibling);
rcu_copy_process(p);
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