->recursion_depth is changed only by current, therefore decrementing can be done without taking any locks.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <[email protected]> --- fs/exec.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -1652,11 +1652,13 @@ int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *bprm) if (!try_module_get(fmt->module)) continue; read_unlock(&binfmt_lock); + bprm->recursion_depth++; retval = fmt->load_binary(bprm); + bprm->recursion_depth--; + read_lock(&binfmt_lock); put_binfmt(fmt); - bprm->recursion_depth--; if (retval < 0 && !bprm->mm) { /* we got to flush_old_exec() and failed after it */ read_unlock(&binfmt_lock);

