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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2016-11-24 05:09:08 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2016-11-24 05:09:08 +0100
commit69e6cdd0cf16f645be39038e5ccc9379e3923d00 (patch)
tree3edb32b07ef37be1536f6510ec8e7caaf5acbbb8 /fs/proc/array.c
parent6a6b12e2125591e24891e6860410795ea53aed11 (diff)
parent10b9dd56860e93f11cd352e8c75a33357b80b70b (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into perf/core, to pick up fixes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/proc/array.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/proc/array.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c
index 89600fd5963d..81818adb8e9e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/array.c
+++ b/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -412,10 +412,11 @@ static int do_task_stat(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
mm = get_task_mm(task);
if (mm) {
vsize = task_vsize(mm);
- if (permitted) {
- eip = KSTK_EIP(task);
- esp = KSTK_ESP(task);
- }
+ /*
+ * esp and eip are intentionally zeroed out. There is no
+ * non-racy way to read them without freezing the task.
+ * Programs that need reliable values can use ptrace(2).
+ */
}
get_task_comm(tcomm, task);