Instead od adding it into __pidfd_prepare() place it where the actual file allocation happens and update the outdated comment. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/pidfs.c | 4 ++++ kernel/fork.c | 5 ----- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/pidfs.c b/fs/pidfs.c index aa8c8bda8c8f..61be98f7ad0b 100644 --- a/fs/pidfs.c +++ b/fs/pidfs.c @@ -696,6 +696,10 @@ struct file *pidfs_alloc_file(struct pid *pid, unsigned int flags) return ERR_PTR(ret); pidfd_file = dentry_open(&path, flags, current_cred()); + /* Raise PIDFD_THREAD explicitly as dentry_open() strips it. */ + if (!IS_ERR(pidfd_file)) + pidfd_file->f_flags |= (flags & PIDFD_THREAD); + path_put(&path); return pidfd_file; } diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index 6230f5256bc5..8eac9cd3385b 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -2042,11 +2042,6 @@ static int __pidfd_prepare(struct pid *pid, unsigned int flags, struct file **re if (IS_ERR(pidfd_file)) return PTR_ERR(pidfd_file); - /* - * anon_inode_getfile() ignores everything outside of the - * O_ACCMODE | O_NONBLOCK mask, set PIDFD_THREAD manually. - */ - pidfd_file->f_flags |= (flags & PIDFD_THREAD); *ret = pidfd_file; return take_fd(pidfd); } -- 2.47.2
