Merge branch 'stable-4.11' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/selinux into next

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 8f14b866f9f6..60f245190571 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <linux/iocontext.h>
 #include <linux/key.h>
-#include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/acct.h>
 #include <linux/tsacct_kern.h>
@@ -1360,7 +1359,7 @@ static int wait_task_continued(struct wait_opts *wo, struct task_struct *p)
  * Returns nonzero for a final return, when we have unlocked tasklist_lock.
  * Returns zero if the search for a child should continue;
  * then ->notask_error is 0 if @p is an eligible child,
- * or another error from security_task_wait(), or still -ECHILD.
+ * or still -ECHILD.
  */
 static int wait_consider_task(struct wait_opts *wo, int ptrace,
 				struct task_struct *p)
@@ -1380,20 +1379,6 @@ static int wait_consider_task(struct wait_opts *wo, int ptrace,
 	if (!ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = security_task_wait(p);
-	if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
-		/*
-		 * If we have not yet seen any eligible child,
-		 * then let this error code replace -ECHILD.
-		 * A permission error will give the user a clue
-		 * to look for security policy problems, rather
-		 * than for mysterious wait bugs.
-		 */
-		if (wo->notask_error)
-			wo->notask_error = ret;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	if (unlikely(exit_state == EXIT_TRACE)) {
 		/*
 		 * ptrace == 0 means we are the natural parent. In this case
@@ -1486,7 +1471,7 @@ static int wait_consider_task(struct wait_opts *wo, int ptrace,
  * Returns nonzero for a final return, when we have unlocked tasklist_lock.
  * Returns zero if the search for a child should continue; then
  * ->notask_error is 0 if there were any eligible children,
- * or another error from security_task_wait(), or still -ECHILD.
+ * or still -ECHILD.
  */
 static int do_wait_thread(struct wait_opts *wo, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {