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-rw-r--r--fs/exec.c14
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index a098c133d8d7..b6079f1a098e 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -987,16 +987,14 @@ static int exec_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
if (old_mm) {
/*
- * Make sure that if there is a core dump in progress
- * for the old mm, we get out and die instead of going
- * through with the exec. We must hold mmap_lock around
- * checking core_state and changing tsk->mm.
+ * If there is a pending fatal signal perhaps a signal
+ * whose default action is to create a coredump get
+ * out and die instead of going through with the exec.
*/
- mmap_read_lock(old_mm);
- if (unlikely(old_mm->core_state)) {
- mmap_read_unlock(old_mm);
+ ret = mmap_read_lock_killable(old_mm);
+ if (ret) {
up_write(&tsk->signal->exec_update_lock);
- return -EINTR;
+ return ret;
}
}