Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
index e4c0e1fee9b..385b88461c2 100644
--- a/kernel/acct.c
+++ b/kernel/acct.c
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ static int acct_on(char *name)
 {
 	struct file *file;
 	struct vfsmount *mnt;
-	int error;
 	struct pid_namespace *ns;
 	struct bsd_acct_struct *acct = NULL;
 
@@ -244,13 +243,6 @@ static int acct_on(char *name)
 		}
 	}
 
-	error = security_acct(file);
-	if (error) {
-		kfree(acct);
-		filp_close(file, NULL);
-		return error;
-	}
-
 	spin_lock(&acct_lock);
 	if (ns->bacct == NULL) {
 		ns->bacct = acct;
@@ -281,7 +273,7 @@ static int acct_on(char *name)
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(acct, const char __user *, name)
 {
-	int error;
+	int error = 0;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_PACCT))
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -299,13 +291,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(acct, const char __user *, name)
 		if (acct == NULL)
 			return 0;
 
-		error = security_acct(NULL);
-		if (!error) {
-			spin_lock(&acct_lock);
-			acct_file_reopen(acct, NULL, NULL);
-			spin_unlock(&acct_lock);
-		}
+		spin_lock(&acct_lock);
+		acct_file_reopen(acct, NULL, NULL);
+		spin_unlock(&acct_lock);
 	}
+
 	return error;
 }