+ __ptrace_unlink-kill-the-obsolete-fixme-code.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: __ptrace_unlink: kill the obsolete "FIXME" code
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     __ptrace_unlink-kill-the-obsolete-fixme-code.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/__ptrace_unlink-kill-the-obsolete-fixme-code.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Subject: __ptrace_unlink: kill the obsolete "FIXME" code
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:26:50 +0100

The corner case described by the comment is no longer possible after the
commit 7b3c36fc4c23 ("ptrace: fix task_join_group_stop() for the case when
current is traced"), task_join_group_stop() ensures that the new thread
has the correct signr in JOBCTL_STOP_SIGMASK regardless of ptrace.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231121162650.GA6635@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 kernel/ptrace.c |   13 +------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/ptrace.c~__ptrace_unlink-kill-the-obsolete-fixme-code
+++ a/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -145,20 +145,9 @@ void __ptrace_unlink(struct task_struct
 	 */
 	if (!(child->flags & PF_EXITING) &&
 	    (child->signal->flags & SIGNAL_STOP_STOPPED ||
-	     child->signal->group_stop_count)) {
+	     child->signal->group_stop_count))
 		child->jobctl |= JOBCTL_STOP_PENDING;
 
-		/*
-		 * This is only possible if this thread was cloned by the
-		 * traced task running in the stopped group, set the signal
-		 * for the future reports.
-		 * FIXME: we should change ptrace_init_task() to handle this
-		 * case.
-		 */
-		if (!(child->jobctl & JOBCTL_STOP_SIGMASK))
-			child->jobctl |= SIGSTOP;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * If transition to TASK_STOPPED is pending or in TASK_TRACED, kick
 	 * @child in the butt.  Note that @resume should be used iff @child
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@redhat.com are

introduce-for_other_threadsp-t.patch
simplify-force_sig_info_to_task-kill-recalc_sigpending_and_wake.patch
__ptrace_unlink-kill-the-obsolete-fixme-code.patch