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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/ptrace.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/ptrace.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c index d99f73f83bf5..aab480e24bd6 100644 --- a/kernel/ptrace.c +++ b/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -1219,9 +1219,8 @@ int ptrace_request(struct task_struct *child, long request, return ptrace_resume(child, request, data); case PTRACE_KILL: - if (child->exit_state) /* already dead */ - return 0; - return ptrace_resume(child, request, SIGKILL); + send_sig_info(SIGKILL, SEND_SIG_NOINFO, child); + return 0; #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK case PTRACE_GETREGSET: |