+ exec-remove-checks-in-__register_bimfmt.patch added to -mm tree

+ exec-remove-checks-in-__register_bimfmt.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     Subject: exec: remove checks in __register_bimfmt()
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     exec-remove-checks-in-__register_bimfmt.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/exec-remove-checks-in-__register_bimfmt.patch
and later at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/exec-remove-checks-in-__register_bimfmt.patch

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From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Subject: exec: remove checks in __register_bimfmt()

Delete NULL check, all callers pass valid pointer.

Delete ->load_binary check -- failure to provide hook in a custom module
will be very noticeable at the very first execve call.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YK1Gy1qXaLAR+tPl@localhost.localdomain
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 fs/exec.c |    3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/exec.c~exec-remove-checks-in-__register_bimfmt
+++ a/fs/exec.c
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ static DEFINE_RWLOCK(binfmt_lock);
 
 void __register_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt * fmt, int insert)
 {
-	BUG_ON(!fmt);
-	if (WARN_ON(!fmt->load_binary))
-		return;
 	write_lock(&binfmt_lock);
 	insert ? list_add(&fmt->lh, &formats) :
 		 list_add_tail(&fmt->lh, &formats);
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from adobriyan@gmail.com are

exec-remove-checks-in-__register_bimfmt.patch