ptrace: permit ptracing of /sbin/init

[linux.git] / kernel / ptrace.c

diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 5f8d452e8111b7a2e67b1de14b50ec544c22bfa1..dcc199c43a12abcb9e62b4a70e090084d3075fa4 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -168,8 +168,6 @@ int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task)
        audit_ptrace(task);
 
        retval = -EPERM;
-       if (task->pid <= 1)
-               goto out;
        if (same_thread_group(task, current))
                goto out;
 
@@ -521,12 +519,6 @@ struct task_struct *ptrace_get_task_struct(pid_t pid)
 {
        struct task_struct *child;
 
-       /*
-        * Tracing init is not allowed.
-        */
-       if (pid == 1)
-               return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
-
        read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
        child = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
        if (child)