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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/fork.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/fork.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/fork.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index 0816be1bb044..6f0293cb29c9 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node) tsk->splice_pipe = NULL; tsk->task_frag.page = NULL; tsk->wake_q.next = NULL; - tsk->pf_io_worker = NULL; + tsk->worker_private = NULL; account_kernel_stack(tsk, 1); @@ -2032,12 +2032,6 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process( siginitsetinv(&p->blocked, sigmask(SIGKILL)|sigmask(SIGSTOP)); } - /* - * This _must_ happen before we call free_task(), i.e. before we jump - * to any of the bad_fork_* labels. This is to avoid freeing - * p->set_child_tid which is (ab)used as a kthread's data pointer for - * kernel threads (PF_KTHREAD). - */ p->set_child_tid = (clone_flags & CLONE_CHILD_SETTID) ? args->child_tid : NULL; /* * Clear TID on mm_release()? |