On Tue, 2025-03-04 at 10:41 +0100, Christian Brauner wrote: > 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 file allocation happens and update the outdated comment.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..ecc0dd886714 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 do_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); > } > Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>