Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/ptrace.c | 2 +- kernel/signal.c | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c index 61db50f7ca86..821cf1723814 100644 --- a/kernel/ptrace.c +++ b/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task, long request, audit_ptrace(task); retval = -EPERM; - if (unlikely(task->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) + if (unlikely(task->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER))) goto out; if (same_thread_group(task, current)) goto out; diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c index 5ad8566534e7..ba4d1ef39a9e 100644 --- a/kernel/signal.c +++ b/kernel/signal.c @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static bool sig_task_ignored(struct task_struct *t, int sig, bool force) return true; /* Only allow kernel generated signals to this kthread */ - if (unlikely((t->flags & PF_KTHREAD) && + if (unlikely((t->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER)) && (handler == SIG_KTHREAD_KERNEL) && !force)) return true; @@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ static int __send_signal(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info, struct task_struc /* * Skip useless siginfo allocation for SIGKILL and kernel threads. */ - if ((sig == SIGKILL) || (t->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) + if ((sig == SIGKILL) || (t->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER))) goto out_set; /* -- 2.30.0
