linux/include
Matt Helsley 925d1c401f procfs task exe symlink
The kernel implements readlink of /proc/pid/exe by getting the file from
the first executable VMA.  Then the path to the file is reconstructed and
reported as the result.

Because of the VMA walk the code is slightly different on nommu systems.
This patch avoids separate /proc/pid/exe code on nommu systems.  Instead of
walking the VMAs to find the first executable file-backed VMA we store a
reference to the exec'd file in the mm_struct.

That reference would prevent the filesystem holding the executable file
from being unmounted even after unmapping the VMAs.  So we track the number
of VM_EXECUTABLE VMAs and drop the new reference when the last one is
unmapped.  This avoids pinning the mounted filesystem.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: improve comments]
[yamamoto@valinux.co.jp: fix dup_mmap]
Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc:"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamamoto@valinux.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29 08:06:17 -07:00
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acpi
asm-alpha alpha: teach the compiler that BUG doesn't return 2008-04-28 08:58:27 -07:00
asm-arm mm: introduce pte_special pte bit 2008-04-28 08:58:23 -07:00
asm-avr32 mm: introduce pte_special pte bit 2008-04-28 08:58:23 -07:00
asm-blackfin [Blackfin] arch: add include/boot .gitignore files 2008-04-25 08:29:11 +08:00
asm-cris cris: add constfy to pgd_offset() 2008-04-28 08:58:28 -07:00
asm-frv mm: introduce pte_special pte bit 2008-04-28 08:58:23 -07:00
asm-generic gpiochip_reserve() 2008-04-28 08:58:34 -07:00
asm-h8300
asm-ia64 dma/ia64: update ia64 machvecs, swiotlb.c 2008-04-29 08:06:12 -07:00
asm-m32r mm: introduce pte_special pte bit 2008-04-28 08:58:23 -07:00
asm-m68k mm: introduce pte_special pte bit 2008-04-28 08:58:23 -07:00
asm-m68knommu
asm-mips Merge branch 'upstream' of git://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/upstream-linus 2008-04-28 10:51:43 -07:00
asm-mn10300 mm: introduce pte_special pte bit 2008-04-28 08:58:23 -07:00
asm-parisc mm: introduce pte_special pte bit 2008-04-28 08:58:23 -07:00
asm-powerpc proper __do_softirq() prototype 2008-04-29 08:06:02 -07:00
asm-ppc mm: introduce pte_special pte bit 2008-04-28 08:58:23 -07:00
asm-s390 s390: implement pte special bit 2008-04-28 08:58:23 -07:00
asm-sh hugetlbfs: common code update for s390 2008-04-28 08:58:25 -07:00
asm-sparc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6 2008-04-28 09:45:57 -07:00
asm-sparc64 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6 2008-04-28 09:45:57 -07:00
asm-um mm: introduce pte_special pte bit 2008-04-28 08:58:23 -07:00
asm-v850
asm-x86 x86: olpc: add One Laptop Per Child architecture support 2008-04-29 08:06:07 -07:00
asm-xtensa mm: introduce pte_special pte bit 2008-04-28 08:58:23 -07:00
crypto [CRYPTO] aes: Export generic setkey 2008-04-21 10:19:34 +08:00
keys KEYS: Fix the comment to match the file name in rxrpc-type.h. 2008-04-21 22:43:55 +00:00
linux procfs task exe symlink 2008-04-29 08:06:17 -07:00
math-emu
media V4L/DVB (7677): saa7134: Add/fix Beholder entries 2008-04-24 14:09:46 -03:00
mtd
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-04-28 09:44:11 -07:00
pcmcia
rdma IB: expand ib_umem_get() prototype 2008-04-29 08:06:12 -07:00
rxrpc
scsi [SCSI] rework scsi_target allocation 2008-04-22 15:16:31 -05:00
sound [ALSA] Define MPU401 registers in sound/mpu401_uart.h 2008-04-24 12:38:22 +02:00
video fbdev: platforming hecubafb and n411 2008-04-28 08:58:41 -07:00
xen xen: add balloon driver 2008-04-24 23:57:33 +02:00
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