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-rw-r--r--kernel/fork.c8
-rw-r--r--kernel/kthread.c14
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/core.c2
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 17 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()?
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index c14707d15341..261a3c3b9c6c 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ enum KTHREAD_BITS {
static inline struct kthread *to_kthread(struct task_struct *k)
{
WARN_ON(!(k->flags & PF_KTHREAD));
- return (__force void *)k->set_child_tid;
+ return k->worker_private;
}
/*
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static inline struct kthread *to_kthread(struct task_struct *k)
*
* Per construction; when:
*
- * (p->flags & PF_KTHREAD) && p->set_child_tid
+ * (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
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static inline struct kthread *to_kthread(struct task_struct *k)
*/
static inline struct kthread *__to_kthread(struct task_struct *p)
{
- void *kthread = (__force void *)p->set_child_tid;
+ void *kthread = p->worker_private;
if (kthread && !(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
kthread = NULL;
return kthread;
@@ -109,11 +109,7 @@ bool set_kthread_struct(struct task_struct *p)
init_completion(&kthread->parked);
p->vfork_done = &kthread->exited;
- /*
- * We abuse ->set_child_tid to avoid the new member and because it
- * can't be wrongly copied by copy_process().
- */
- p->set_child_tid = (__force void __user *)kthread;
+ p->worker_private = kthread;
return true;
}
@@ -128,7 +124,7 @@ void free_kthread_struct(struct task_struct *k)
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP
WARN_ON_ONCE(kthread && kthread->blkcg_css);
#endif
- k->set_child_tid = (__force void __user *)NULL;
+ k->worker_private = NULL;
kfree(kthread);
}
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index d8adbea77be1..ee222b89c692 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4908,7 +4908,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void schedule_tail(struct task_struct *prev)
finish_task_switch(prev);
preempt_enable();
- if (!(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD) && current->set_child_tid)
+ if (current->set_child_tid)
put_user(task_pid_vnr(current), current->set_child_tid);
calculate_sigpending();