The patch titled
Subject: proc: convert the return type of proc_fd_access_allowed() to be boolean
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
proc-convert-the-return-type-of-proc_fd_access_allowed-to-be-boolean.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: proc: convert the return type of proc_fd_access_allowed() to be boolean
Convert return type of proc_fd_access_allowed() and the 'allowed' in it to
be boolean since the return type of ptrace_may_access() is boolean.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211219024404.29779-1-zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/base.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/proc/base.c~proc-convert-the-return-type-of-proc_fd_access_allowed-to-be-boolean
+++ a/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -670,10 +670,10 @@ static int proc_pid_syscall(struct seq_f
/************************************************************************/
/* permission checks */
-static int proc_fd_access_allowed(struct inode *inode)
+static bool proc_fd_access_allowed(struct inode *inode)
{
struct task_struct *task;
- int allowed = 0;
+ bool allowed = false;
/* Allow access to a task's file descriptors if it is us or we
* may use ptrace attach to the process and find out that
* information.
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
