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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index c7a3e359f8f5..e11144466828 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -552,11 +552,6 @@ struct pid *pidfd_get_pid(unsigned int fd, unsigned int *flags)
* Return the task associated with @pidfd. The function takes a reference on
* the returned task. The caller is responsible for releasing that reference.
*
- * Currently, the process identified by @pidfd is always a thread-group leader.
- * This restriction currently exists for all aspects of pidfds including pidfd
- * creation (CLONE_PIDFD cannot be used with CLONE_THREAD) and pidfd polling
- * (only supports thread group leaders).
- *
* Return: On success, the task_struct associated with the pidfd.
* On error, a negative errno number will be returned.
*/
@@ -615,11 +610,8 @@ static int pidfd_create(struct pid *pid, unsigned int flags)
* @flags: flags to pass
*
* This creates a new pid file descriptor with the O_CLOEXEC flag set for
- * the process identified by @pid. Currently, the process identified by
- * @pid must be a thread-group leader. This restriction currently exists
- * for all aspects of pidfds including pidfd creation (CLONE_PIDFD cannot
- * be used with CLONE_THREAD) and pidfd polling (only supports thread group
- * leaders).
+ * the task identified by @pid. Without PIDFD_THREAD flag the target task
+ * must be a thread-group leader.
*
* Return: On success, a cloexec pidfd is returned.
* On error, a negative errno number will be returned.
@@ -629,7 +621,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(pidfd_open, pid_t, pid, unsigned int, flags)
int fd;
struct pid *p;
- if (flags & ~PIDFD_NONBLOCK)
+ if (flags & ~(PIDFD_NONBLOCK | PIDFD_THREAD))
return -EINVAL;
if (pid <= 0)