linux-kernel - [PATCH] proc: proc_maps_open allow proc_mem

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Message-ID: <20250807165455.73656-1-wjl.linux@gmail.com>
Date: Fri,  8 Aug 2025 00:54:55 +0800
From: Jialin Wang <wjl.linux@...il.com>
To: Penglei Jiang <superman.xpt@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jialin Wang <wjl.linux@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] proc: proc_maps_open allow proc_mem_open to return NULL

The commit 65c66047259f ("proc: fix the issue of proc_mem_open returning NULL")
breaks `perf record -g -p PID` when profiling a kernel thread.

The strace of `perf record -g -p $(pgrep kswapd0)` shows:

  openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/65/task/65/maps", O_RDONLY) = -1 ESRCH (No such process)

This patch partially reverts the commit to fix it.

Fixes: 65c66047259f ("proc: fix the issue of proc_mem_open returning NULL")
Signed-off-by: Jialin Wang <wjl.linux@...il.com>
---
 fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 3d6d8a9f13fc..7a7ce26106ac 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -340,8 +340,8 @@ static int proc_maps_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 
 	priv->inode = inode;
 	priv->mm = proc_mem_open(inode, PTRACE_MODE_READ);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv->mm)) {
-		int err = priv->mm ? PTR_ERR(priv->mm) : -ESRCH;
+	if (IS_ERR(priv->mm)) {
+		int err = PTR_ERR(priv->mm);
 
 		seq_release_private(inode, file);
 		return err;
-- 
2.50.0