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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-05-17 13:48:10 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-05-17 13:48:10 -0700
commit3d2c978e0cd8b1157f9eebd13062d61fb7a75ad5 (patch)
treed7e221e70d14aae2b4e5972ed9715a2cb18a3b98 /kernel
parent81880d603d00c645e0890d0a44d50711c503b72b (diff)
parentb8bc1389b74c2b66255651a6fcfae56c78b6e63f (diff)
Merge branch 'bkl/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/random-tracing
* 'bkl/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/random-tracing: ptrace: Cleanup useless header ptrace: kill BKL in ptrace syscall
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/ptrace.c11
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 42ad8ae729a..2f0f50b450a 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/highmem.h>
#include <linux/pagemap.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <linux/ptrace.h>
#include <linux/security.h>
#include <linux/signal.h>
@@ -666,10 +665,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(ptrace, long, request, long, pid, long, addr, long, data)
struct task_struct *child;
long ret;
- /*
- * This lock_kernel fixes a subtle race with suid exec
- */
- lock_kernel();
if (request == PTRACE_TRACEME) {
ret = ptrace_traceme();
if (!ret)
@@ -703,7 +698,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(ptrace, long, request, long, pid, long, addr, long, data)
out_put_task_struct:
put_task_struct(child);
out:
- unlock_kernel();
return ret;
}
@@ -813,10 +807,6 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_ptrace(compat_long_t request, compat_long_t pid,
struct task_struct *child;
long ret;
- /*
- * This lock_kernel fixes a subtle race with suid exec
- */
- lock_kernel();
if (request == PTRACE_TRACEME) {
ret = ptrace_traceme();
goto out;
@@ -846,7 +836,6 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_ptrace(compat_long_t request, compat_long_t pid,
out_put_task_struct:
put_task_struct(child);
out:
- unlock_kernel();
return ret;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT */