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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2016-10-30 13:38:44 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2016-10-30 13:38:44 +0300
commitbdc065666a591fddc4e55cbdcd6c7b02f289b5ff (patch)
treeacb92182d7c28a8d5176feb99fd7fb110a693ab7 /fs/proc/array.c
parent32774ef3e4bb339cec19655946996a8c50063be4 (diff)
parenta909d3e636995ba7c349e2ca5dbb528154d4ac30 (diff)
downloadlinux-bdc065666a591fddc4e55cbdcd6c7b02f289b5ff.tar.xz
Merge 4.9-rc3 into staging-next
This resolves a merge issue with drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_core.c and we want the fixes all in here as well. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.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);