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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/step.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/ptrace.c | 5 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/step.c b/arch/x86/kernel/step.c index 0f3c307b37b3..8e2b2552b5ee 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/step.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/step.c @@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ void set_task_blockstep(struct task_struct *task, bool on) * * NOTE: this means that set/clear TIF_BLOCKSTEP is only safe if * task is current or it can't be running, otherwise we can race - * with __switch_to_xtra(). We rely on ptrace_freeze_traced() but - * PTRACE_KILL is not safe. + * with __switch_to_xtra(). We rely on ptrace_freeze_traced(). */ local_irq_disable(); debugctl = get_debugctlmsr(); diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c index 516ad5e65849..0cf547531ddf 100644 --- a/kernel/ptrace.c +++ b/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -1238,9 +1238,8 @@ int ptrace_request(struct task_struct *child, long request, return ptrace_resume(child, request, data); case PTRACE_KILL: - if (child->exit_state) /* already dead */ - return 0; - return ptrace_resume(child, request, SIGKILL); + send_sig_info(SIGKILL, SEND_SIG_NOINFO, child); + return 0; #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK case PTRACE_GETREGSET: |