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-rw-r--r--kernel/exit.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 6d2089a1bce7..ee6d8b8abef5 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -371,6 +371,12 @@ static inline void close_files(struct files_struct * files)
struct fdtable *fdt;
j = 0;
+
+ /*
+ * It is safe to dereference the fd table without RCU or
+ * ->file_lock because this is the last reference to the
+ * files structure.
+ */
fdt = files_fdtable(files);
for (;;) {
unsigned long set;