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Date:   Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:44:51 +0100
From:   Marcus Huewe <suse-tux@gmx.de>
To:     oleg@redhat.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, suse-tux@gmx.de
Subject: [PATCH] ptrace: Remove redundant code in ptrace_attach
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In case of a PTRACE_SEIZE request, the PT_SEIZED flag is always set
at the beginning of ptrace_attach. Hence, there is no need to set
it again (neither "flags" nor "seize" are modified in between/after
the initial assignment).

Signed-off-by: Marcus Huewe <suse-tux@gmx.de>
=2D--
 kernel/ptrace.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 61db50f7ca86..059fce2ad53c 100644
=2D-- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -402,8 +402,6 @@ static int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task, lon=
g request,
 	if (task->ptrace)
 		goto unlock_tasklist;

-	if (seize)
-		flags |=3D PT_SEIZED;
 	task->ptrace =3D flags;

 	ptrace_link(task, current);
=2D-
2.29.2