Merge branch 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git...

[deliverable/linux.git] / kernel / sys.c

diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 18bde979f346c46a8af621b62171912a1db98f5a..877fe4f8e05e0439e58edae684bf6a57c6e9e3a9 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -571,11 +571,6 @@ static int set_user(struct cred *new)
        if (!new_user)
                return -EAGAIN;
 
-       if (!task_can_switch_user(new_user, current)) {
-               free_uid(new_user);
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
-
        if (atomic_read(&new_user->processes) >=
                                current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_NPROC].rlim_cur &&
                        new_user != INIT_USER) {