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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 9796897560ab..27c5203750b4 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
p->io_context = NULL;
audit_set_context(p, NULL);
cgroup_fork(p);
- if (p->flags & PF_KTHREAD) {
+ if (args->kthread) {
if (!set_kthread_struct(p))
goto bad_fork_cleanup_delayacct;
}
@@ -2548,7 +2548,8 @@ struct task_struct * __init fork_idle(int cpu)
{
struct task_struct *task;
struct kernel_clone_args args = {
- .flags = CLONE_VM,
+ .flags = CLONE_VM,
+ .kthread = 1,
};
task = copy_process(&init_struct_pid, 0, cpu_to_node(cpu), &args);
@@ -2686,6 +2687,23 @@ pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
.exit_signal = (lower_32_bits(flags) & CSIGNAL),
.stack = (unsigned long)fn,
.stack_size = (unsigned long)arg,
+ .kthread = 1,
+ };
+
+ return kernel_clone(&args);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create a user mode thread.
+ */
+pid_t user_mode_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
+{
+ struct kernel_clone_args args = {
+ .flags = ((lower_32_bits(flags) | CLONE_VM |
+ CLONE_UNTRACED) & ~CSIGNAL),
+ .exit_signal = (lower_32_bits(flags) & CSIGNAL),
+ .stack = (unsigned long)fn,
+ .stack_size = (unsigned long)arg,
};
return kernel_clone(&args);