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| author | Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> | 2021-12-22 22:10:09 -0600 |
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| committer | Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> | 2022-01-08 09:39:49 -0600 |
| commit | e32cf5dfbe227b355776948b2c9b5691b84d1cbd (patch) | |
| tree | c00df29e5a3bf47010fbdf5e5dbaa20325b7d1a6 /kernel/sched/core.c | |
| parent | 00580f03af5eb2a527875b4a80a5effd95bda2fa (diff) | |
kthread: Generalize pf_io_worker so it can point to struct kthread
The point of using set_child_tid to hold the kthread pointer was that
it already did what is necessary. There are now restrictions on when
set_child_tid can be initialized and when set_child_tid can be used in
schedule_tail. Which indicates that continuing to use set_child_tid
to hold the kthread pointer is a bad idea.
Instead of continuing to use the set_child_tid field of task_struct
generalize the pf_io_worker field of task_struct and use it to hold
the kthread pointer.
Rename pf_io_worker (which is a void * pointer) to worker_private so
it can be used to store kthreads struct kthread pointer. Update the
kthread code to store the kthread pointer in the worker_private field.
Remove the places where set_child_tid had to be dealt with carefully
because kthreads also used it.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgtFAA9SbVYg0gR1tqPMC17-NYcs0GQkaYg1bGhh1uJQQ@mail.gmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87a6grvqy8.fsf_-_@email.froward.int.ebiederm.org
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sched/core.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched/core.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c index d8adbea77be1..ee222b89c692 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -4908,7 +4908,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void schedule_tail(struct task_struct *prev) finish_task_switch(prev); preempt_enable(); - if (!(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD) && current->set_child_tid) + if (current->set_child_tid) put_user(task_pid_vnr(current), current->set_child_tid); calculate_sigpending(); |