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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-03-04 15:03:16 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-03-04 15:03:16 -0800
commit0b3bb205808195159be633a8cefb602670e856fb (patch)
treeabab1f7bc9fec3f1ad29abf04a8fcaf026f54e42 /kernel/kthread.c
parentecc64d2dc9ff9738d2a896beb68e02c2feaf9a02 (diff)
parentd320f160aa5ff36cdf83c645cca52b615e866e32 (diff)
Merge tag 'vfs-7.0-rc3.fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs
Pull vfs fixes from Christian Brauner: - kthread: consolidate kthread exit paths to prevent use-after-free - iomap: - don't mark folio uptodate if read IO has bytes pending - don't report direct-io retries to fserror - reject delalloc mappings during writeback - ns: tighten visibility checks - netfs: Fix unbuffered/DIO writes to dispatch subrequests in strict sequence * tag 'vfs-7.0-rc3.fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: iomap: reject delalloc mappings during writeback iomap: don't mark folio uptodate if read IO has bytes pending selftests: fix mntns iteration selftests nstree: tighten permission checks for listing nsfs: tighten permission checks for handle opening nsfs: tighten permission checks for ns iteration ioctls netfs: Fix unbuffered/DIO writes to dispatch subrequests in strict sequence kthread: consolidate kthread exit paths to prevent use-after-free iomap: don't report direct-io retries to fserror
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/kthread.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/kthread.c41
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 20451b624b67..791210daf8b4 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -85,24 +85,6 @@ static inline struct kthread *to_kthread(struct task_struct *k)
return k->worker_private;
}
-/*
- * Variant of to_kthread() that doesn't assume @p is a kthread.
- *
- * When "(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)" is set the task is a kthread and will
- * always remain a kthread. For kthreads p->worker_private always
- * points to a struct kthread. For tasks that are not kthreads
- * p->worker_private is used to point to other things.
- *
- * Return NULL for any task that is not a kthread.
- */
-static inline struct kthread *__to_kthread(struct task_struct *p)
-{
- void *kthread = p->worker_private;
- if (kthread && !(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
- kthread = NULL;
- return kthread;
-}
-
void get_kthread_comm(char *buf, size_t buf_size, struct task_struct *tsk)
{
struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(tsk);
@@ -193,7 +175,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_should_park);
bool kthread_should_stop_or_park(void)
{
- struct kthread *kthread = __to_kthread(current);
+ struct kthread *kthread = tsk_is_kthread(current);
if (!kthread)
return false;
@@ -234,7 +216,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_freezable_should_stop);
*/
void *kthread_func(struct task_struct *task)
{
- struct kthread *kthread = __to_kthread(task);
+ struct kthread *kthread = tsk_is_kthread(task);
if (kthread)
return kthread->threadfn;
return NULL;
@@ -266,7 +248,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_data);
*/
void *kthread_probe_data(struct task_struct *task)
{
- struct kthread *kthread = __to_kthread(task);
+ struct kthread *kthread = tsk_is_kthread(task);
void *data = NULL;
if (kthread)
@@ -309,19 +291,8 @@ void kthread_parkme(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_parkme);
-/**
- * kthread_exit - Cause the current kthread return @result to kthread_stop().
- * @result: The integer value to return to kthread_stop().
- *
- * While kthread_exit can be called directly, it exists so that
- * functions which do some additional work in non-modular code such as
- * module_put_and_kthread_exit can be implemented.
- *
- * Does not return.
- */
-void __noreturn kthread_exit(long result)
+void kthread_do_exit(struct kthread *kthread, long result)
{
- struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(current);
kthread->result = result;
if (!list_empty(&kthread->affinity_node)) {
mutex_lock(&kthread_affinity_lock);
@@ -333,9 +304,7 @@ void __noreturn kthread_exit(long result)
kthread->preferred_affinity = NULL;
}
}
- do_exit(0);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_exit);
/**
* kthread_complete_and_exit - Exit the current kthread.
@@ -683,7 +652,7 @@ void kthread_set_per_cpu(struct task_struct *k, int cpu)
bool kthread_is_per_cpu(struct task_struct *p)
{
- struct kthread *kthread = __to_kthread(p);
+ struct kthread *kthread = tsk_is_kthread(p);
if (!kthread)
return false;