[PATCH v2] proc: proc_maps_open allow proc_mem_open to return NULL

[Jialin Wang]

The commit 65c66047259f ("proc: fix the issue of proc_mem_open returning
NULL") caused proc_maps_open() to return -ESRCH when proc_mem_open()
returns NULL. This breaks legitimate /proc/<pid>/maps access for kernel
threads since kernel threads have NULL mm_struct.

The regression causes perf to fail and exit when profiling a kernel thread:

  # perf record -v -g -p $(pgrep kswapd0)
  ...
  couldn't open /proc/65/task/65/maps

This patch partially reverts the commit to fix it.

Fixes: 65c66047259f ("proc: fix the issue of proc_mem_open returning NULL")
Signed-off-by: Jialin Wang <wjl.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2 (Thanks to Andrew):
- Add more detailed misbehavior description in commit message

 fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 3d6d8a9f13fc..7a7ce26106ac 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -340,8 +340,8 @@ static int proc_maps_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 
 	priv->inode = inode;
 	priv->mm = proc_mem_open(inode, PTRACE_MODE_READ);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv->mm)) {
-		int err = priv->mm ? PTR_ERR(priv->mm) : -ESRCH;
+	if (IS_ERR(priv->mm)) {
+		int err = PTR_ERR(priv->mm);
 
 		seq_release_private(inode, file);
 		return err;
-- 
2.50.0