4 files changed, 13 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 14def991d9dd..8a84210ca080 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2169,11 +2169,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_fd_operations = {
  */
 static int proc_fd_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	int rv;
-
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
-		return -ECHILD;
-	rv = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
+	int rv = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
 	if (rv == 0)
 		return 0;
 	if (task_pid(current) == proc_pid(inode))
diff --git a/fs/proc/namespaces.c b/fs/proc/namespaces.c
index 781dec5bd682..be177f702acb 100644
--- a/fs/proc/namespaces.c
+++ b/fs/proc/namespaces.c
@@ -38,18 +38,21 @@ static struct dentry *proc_ns_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct proc_inode *ei;
 	struct dentry *error = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	void *ns;
 
 	inode = proc_pid_make_inode(dir->i_sb, task);
 	if (!inode)
 		goto out;
 
+	ns = ns_ops->get(task);
+	if (!ns)
+		goto out_iput;
+
 	ei = PROC_I(inode);
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFREG|S_IRUSR;
 	inode->i_fop  = &ns_file_operations;
 	ei->ns_ops    = ns_ops;
-	ei->ns	      = ns_ops->get(task);
-	if (!ei->ns)
-		goto out_iput;
+	ei->ns	      = ns;
 
 	dentry->d_op = &pid_dentry_operations;
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index f50133c11c24..d167de365a8d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -304,9 +304,6 @@ static int proc_sys_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask,unsigned int flags)
 	struct ctl_table *table;
 	int error;
 
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
-		return -ECHILD;
-
 	/* Executable files are not allowed under /proc/sys/ */
 	if ((mask & MAY_EXEC) && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		return -EACCES;
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index a9000e9cfee5..d6c3b416529b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@ static int proc_test_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data)
 
 static int proc_set_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data)
 {
-	struct pid_namespace *ns;
-
-	ns = (struct pid_namespace *)data;
-	sb->s_fs_info = get_pid_ns(ns);
-	return set_anon_super(sb, NULL);
+	int err = set_anon_super(sb, NULL);
+	if (!err) {
+		struct pid_namespace *ns = (struct pid_namespace *)data;
+		sb->s_fs_info = get_pid_ns(ns);
+	}
+	return err;
 }
 
 static struct dentry *proc_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,