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diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h
index c74abfc4c7e8..dae6d85520fb 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -154,6 +154,28 @@ static inline int ptrace_event(int mask, int event, unsigned long message)
return 1;
}
+/**
+ * ptrace_init_task - initialize ptrace state for a new child
+ * @child: new child task
+ * @ptrace: true if child should be ptrace'd by parent's tracer
+ *
+ * This is called immediately after adding @child to its parent's children
+ * list. @ptrace is false in the normal case, and true to ptrace @child.
+ *
+ * Called with current's siglock and write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock) held.
+ */
+static inline void ptrace_init_task(struct task_struct *child, bool ptrace)
+{
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&child->ptrace_entry);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&child->ptraced);
+ child->parent = child->real_parent;
+ child->ptrace = 0;
+ if (unlikely(ptrace)) {
+ child->ptrace = current->ptrace;
+ __ptrace_link(child, current->parent);
+ }
+}
+
#ifndef force_successful_syscall_return
/*
* System call handlers that, upon successful completion, need to return a