Merge tag 'execve-v7.1-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux

Pull execve updates from Kees Cook:

 - use strnlen() in __set_task_comm (Thorsten Blum)

 - update task_struct->comm comment (Thorsten Blum)

* tag 'execve-v7.1-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux:
  sched: update task_struct->comm comment
  exec: use strnlen() in __set_task_comm

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index ffb2ad9716f0..54820a427014 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1163,12 +1163,9 @@ struct task_struct {
 	/*
 	 * executable name, excluding path.
 	 *
-	 * - normally initialized begin_new_exec()
-	 * - set it with set_task_comm()
-	 *   - strscpy_pad() to ensure it is always NUL-terminated and
-	 *     zero-padded
-	 *   - task_lock() to ensure the operation is atomic and the name is
-	 *     fully updated.
+	 * - normally initialized by begin_new_exec()
+	 * - set it with set_task_comm() to ensure it is always
+	 *   NUL-terminated and zero-padded
 	 */
 	char				comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];