--- a/fs/proc/inode.c~proc-delete-redundant-subset=pid-check +++ a/fs/proc/inode.c @@ -483,7 +483,6 @@ proc_reg_get_unmapped_area(struct file * static int proc_reg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { - struct proc_fs_info *fs_info = proc_sb_info(inode->i_sb); struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(inode); int rv = 0; typeof_member(struct proc_ops, proc_open) open; @@ -497,9 +496,6 @@ static int proc_reg_open(struct inode *i return rv; } - if (fs_info->pidonly == PROC_PIDONLY_ON) - return -ENOENT; - /* * Ensure that * 1) PDE's ->release hook will be called no matter what