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-rw-r--r--kernel/ptrace.c10
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 42ad8ae729a0..53575020f82b 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -666,10 +666,6 @@ 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 +699,6 @@ 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 +808,6 @@ 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 +837,6 @@ 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 */