linux-kernel - [PATCH] ptrace: cleanup ptrace_init_task()->ptrace

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Message-ID: <20091029235656.GA26438@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:56:56 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ptrace: cleanup ptrace_init_task()->ptrace_link() path

No functional changes.

ptrace_init_task() looks confusing, as if we always auto-attach when
"bool ptrace" argument is true, while in fact we attach only if current
is traced.

Make the code more explicit and kill now unused ptrace_link().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
---

 include/linux/ptrace.h |   11 +++--------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- V1/include/linux/ptrace.h~1_PTRACE_INIT_TASK	2009-10-30 00:44:22.000000000 +0100
+++ V1/include/linux/ptrace.h	2009-10-30 00:46:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -105,12 +105,7 @@ static inline int ptrace_reparented(stru
 {
 	return child->real_parent != child->parent;
 }
-static inline void ptrace_link(struct task_struct *child,
-			       struct task_struct *new_parent)
-{
-	if (unlikely(child->ptrace))
-		__ptrace_link(child, new_parent);
-}
+
 static inline void ptrace_unlink(struct task_struct *child)
 {
 	if (unlikely(child->ptrace))
@@ -169,9 +164,9 @@ static inline void ptrace_init_task(stru
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&child->ptraced);
 	child->parent = child->real_parent;
 	child->ptrace = 0;
-	if (unlikely(ptrace)) {
+	if (unlikely(ptrace) && (current->ptrace & PT_PTRACED)) {
 		child->ptrace = current->ptrace;
-		ptrace_link(child, current->parent);
+		__ptrace_link(child, current->parent);
 	}
 }
 

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