proc_sys_permission() is OK in RCU mode
authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:42:00 +0000 (20:42 -0400)
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:45:25 +0000 (10:45 -0400)
nothing blocking there, since all instances of sysctl
->permissions() method are non-blocking - both of them,
that is.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c

index f50133c..d167de3 100644 (file)
@@ -304,9 +304,6 @@ static int proc_sys_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask,unsigned int flags)
        struct ctl_table *table;
        int error;
 
-       if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
-               return -ECHILD;
-
        /* Executable files are not allowed under /proc/sys/ */
        if ((mask & MAY_EXEC) && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
                return -EACCES;