1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 227ba170298e..cd83cc376767 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -3513,7 +3513,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(kill, pid_t, pid, int, sig)
         return kill_something_info(sig, &info, pid);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 /*
  * Verify that the signaler and signalee either are in the same pid namespace
  * or that the signaler's pid namespace is an ancestor of the signalee's pid
@@ -3550,6 +3549,14 @@ static int copy_siginfo_from_user_any(kernel_siginfo_t *kinfo, siginfo_t *info)
         return copy_siginfo_from_user(kinfo, info);
 }
 
+static struct pid *pidfd_to_pid(const struct file *file)
+{
+        if (file->f_op == &pidfd_fops)
+                return file->private_data;
+
+        return tgid_pidfd_to_pid(file);
+}
+
 /**
  * sys_pidfd_send_signal - send a signal to a process through a task file
  *                          descriptor
@@ -3586,7 +3593,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(pidfd_send_signal, int, pidfd, int, sig,
                 return -EBADF;
 
         /* Is this a pidfd? */
-        pid = tgid_pidfd_to_pid(f.file);
+        pid = pidfd_to_pid(f.file);
         if (IS_ERR(pid)) {
                 ret = PTR_ERR(pid);
                 goto err;
@@ -3620,7 +3627,6 @@ err:
         fdput(f);
         return ret;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
 static int
 do_send_specific(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info)