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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index 0a5df5f82fb..5a4c23d8989 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -810,12 +810,16 @@ static void ptrace_bts_untrace(struct task_struct *child)
static void ptrace_bts_detach(struct task_struct *child)
{
- if (unlikely(child->bts)) {
- ds_release_bts(child->bts);
- child->bts = NULL;
-
- ptrace_bts_free_buffer(child);
- }
+ /*
+ * Ptrace_detach() races with ptrace_untrace() in case
+ * the child dies and is reaped by another thread.
+ *
+ * We only do the memory accounting at this point and
+ * leave the buffer deallocation and the bts tracer
+ * release to ptrace_bts_untrace() which will be called
+ * later on with tasklist_lock held.
+ */
+ release_locked_buffer(child->bts_buffer, child->bts_size);
}
#else
static inline void ptrace_bts_fork(struct task_struct *tsk) {}