[PATCH] fix kill_proc_info() vs fork() theoretical race

[linux-2.6-block.git] / kernel / ptrace.c

diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 5f33cdb6fff5f7e629842a8bee7865bb2607515c..d2cf144d0af5156d50ba8340f19697096ad957d4 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -242,8 +242,7 @@ int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, in
                if (write) {
                        copy_to_user_page(vma, page, addr,
                                          maddr + offset, buf, bytes);
-                       if (!PageCompound(page))
-                               set_page_dirty_lock(page);
+                       set_page_dirty_lock(page);
                } else {
                        copy_from_user_page(vma, page, addr,
                                            buf, maddr + offset, bytes);