The code is totally redundant remove it. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/ptrace.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c index f8589bf8d7dc..eea265082e97 100644 --- a/kernel/ptrace.c +++ b/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -419,8 +419,6 @@ static int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task, long request, if (task->ptrace) goto unlock_tasklist; - if (seize) - flags |= PT_SEIZED; task->ptrace = flags; ptrace_link(task, current); -- 2.29.2