Merge branch 'akpm-current/current'

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 58291e9f3276..d5dffecd783b 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1103,21 +1103,6 @@ int ptrace_request(struct task_struct *child, long request,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static struct task_struct *ptrace_get_task_struct(pid_t pid)
-{
-	struct task_struct *child;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	child = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
-	if (child)
-		get_task_struct(child);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
-	if (!child)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
-	return child;
-}
-
 #ifndef arch_ptrace_attach
 #define arch_ptrace_attach(child)	do { } while (0)
 #endif
@@ -1135,9 +1120,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(ptrace, long, request, long, pid, unsigned long, addr,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	child = ptrace_get_task_struct(pid);
-	if (IS_ERR(child)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(child);
+	child = find_get_task_by_vpid(pid);
+	if (!child) {
+		ret = -ESRCH;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -1282,9 +1267,9 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(ptrace, compat_long_t, request, compat_long_t, pid,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	child = ptrace_get_task_struct(pid);
-	if (IS_ERR(child)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(child);
+	child = find_get_task_by_vpid(pid);
+	if (!child) {
+		ret = -ESRCH;
 		goto out;
 	}