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-rw-r--r--include/linux/kthread.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/fork.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/kthread.c58
3 files changed, 48 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index a6e82a69c363..c1c3e63d52c1 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_cpu(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
__k; \
})
+void free_kthread_struct(struct task_struct *k);
void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu);
void kthread_bind_mask(struct task_struct *k, const struct cpumask *mask);
int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 600e93b5e539..7ffa16033ded 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -354,6 +354,8 @@ void free_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
ftrace_graph_exit_task(tsk);
put_seccomp_filter(tsk);
arch_release_task_struct(tsk);
+ if (tsk->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
+ free_kthread_struct(tsk);
free_task_struct(tsk);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_task);
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index be2cc1f9dd57..9d64b6526d0b 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -53,14 +53,38 @@ enum KTHREAD_BITS {
KTHREAD_IS_PARKED,
};
-#define __to_kthread(vfork) \
- container_of(vfork, struct kthread, exited)
+static inline void set_kthread_struct(void *kthread)
+{
+ /*
+ * We abuse ->set_child_tid to avoid the new member and because it
+ * can't be wrongly copied by copy_process(). We also rely on fact
+ * that the caller can't exec, so PF_KTHREAD can't be cleared.
+ */
+ current->set_child_tid = (__force void __user *)kthread;
+}
static inline struct kthread *to_kthread(struct task_struct *k)
{
- return __to_kthread(k->vfork_done);
+ WARN_ON(!(k->flags & PF_KTHREAD));
+ return (__force void *)k->set_child_tid;
+}
+
+void free_kthread_struct(struct task_struct *k)
+{
+ /*
+ * Can be NULL if this kthread was created by kernel_thread()
+ * or if kmalloc() in kthread() failed.
+ */
+ kfree(to_kthread(k));
}
+#define __to_kthread(vfork) \
+ container_of(vfork, struct kthread, exited)
+
+/*
+ * TODO: kill it and use to_kthread(). But we still need the users
+ * like kthread_stop() which has to sync with the exiting kthread.
+ */
static struct kthread *to_live_kthread(struct task_struct *k)
{
struct completion *vfork = ACCESS_ONCE(k->vfork_done);
@@ -181,14 +205,11 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
int (*threadfn)(void *data) = create->threadfn;
void *data = create->data;
struct completion *done;
- struct kthread self;
+ struct kthread *self;
int ret;
- self.flags = 0;
- self.data = data;
- init_completion(&self.exited);
- init_completion(&self.parked);
- current->vfork_done = &self.exited;
+ self = kmalloc(sizeof(*self), GFP_KERNEL);
+ set_kthread_struct(self);
/* If user was SIGKILLed, I release the structure. */
done = xchg(&create->done, NULL);
@@ -196,6 +217,19 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
kfree(create);
do_exit(-EINTR);
}
+
+ if (!self) {
+ create->result = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ complete(done);
+ do_exit(-ENOMEM);
+ }
+
+ self->flags = 0;
+ self->data = data;
+ init_completion(&self->exited);
+ init_completion(&self->parked);
+ current->vfork_done = &self->exited;
+
/* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
__set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
create->result = current;
@@ -203,12 +237,10 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
schedule();
ret = -EINTR;
-
- if (!test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP, &self.flags)) {
- __kthread_parkme(&self);
+ if (!test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP, &self->flags)) {
+ __kthread_parkme(self);
ret = threadfn(data);
}
- /* we can't just return, we must preserve "self" on stack */
do_exit(ret);
}