Merge branch 'objtool/core'

Bring in the UDB and objtool data annotations to avoid conflicts while further extending the bug exceptions.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 85fc068f0083..31b072e8d427 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -88,13 +88,12 @@ static inline struct kthread *to_kthread(struct task_struct *k)
 /*
  * Variant of to_kthread() that doesn't assume @p is a kthread.
  *
- * Per construction; when:
+ * 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.
  *
- *   (p->flags & PF_KTHREAD) && p->worker_private
- *
- * the task is both a kthread and struct kthread is persistent. However
- * PF_KTHREAD on it's own is not, kernel_thread() can exec() (See umh.c and
- * begin_new_exec()).
+ * Return NULL for any task that is not a kthread.
  */
 static inline struct kthread *__to_kthread(struct task_struct *p)
 {
@@ -894,6 +893,7 @@ out:
 
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_affine_preferred);
 
 /*
  * Re-affine kthreads according to their preferences