From: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 2587890b5e2892dfecaa5e5126bdac8076a4e6f7 ] This reverts commit 0d4370cfe36b7f1719123b621a4ec4d9c7a25f89. No longer needed, as the io-wq worker threads have the right identity. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/self.c | 2 +- fs/proc/thread_self.c | 7 ------- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-) --- a/fs/proc/self.c +++ b/fs/proc/self.c @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static const char *proc_self_get_link(st * Not currently supported. Once we can inherit all of struct pid, * we can allow this. */ - if (current->flags & PF_IO_WORKER) + if (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD) return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP); if (!tgid) --- a/fs/proc/thread_self.c +++ b/fs/proc/thread_self.c @@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ static const char *proc_thread_self_get_ pid_t pid = task_pid_nr_ns(current, ns); char *name; - /* - * Not currently supported. Once we can inherit all of struct pid, - * we can allow this. - */ - if (current->flags & PF_IO_WORKER) - return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP); - if (!pid) return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT); name = kmalloc(10 + 6 + 10 + 1, dentry ? GFP_KERNEL : GFP_ATOMIC);