kthread: add kthread_stop_put

Add a kthread_stop_put() helper that stops a thread and puts its task
struct. Use it to replace the various instances of kthread_stop()
followed by put_task_struct().

kthread: add kthread_stop_put

Add a kthread_stop_put() helper that stops a thread and puts its task
struct. Use it to replace the various instances of kthread_stop()
followed by put_task_struct().

Remove the kthread_stop_put() macro in usbip that is similar but doesn't
return the result of kthread_stop().

[agruenba@redhat.com: fix kerneldoc comment]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230911111730.2565537-1-agruenba@redhat.com
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: document kthread_stop_put()'s argument]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230907234048.2499820-1-agruenba@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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mm: remove remnants of SPLIT_RSS_COUNTING

The feature got retired in f1a7941243c1 ("mm: convert mm's rss stats into
percpu_counter"), but the patch failed to fully clean it up.

Link: https://lkml.k

mm: remove remnants of SPLIT_RSS_COUNTING

The feature got retired in f1a7941243c1 ("mm: convert mm's rss stats into
percpu_counter"), but the patch failed to fully clean it up.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230823170556.2281747-1-mjguzik@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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kthread: unexport __kthread_should_park()

There are no in-kernel users of __kthread_should_park() so mark it as
static and do not export it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/2023080450-handcuff-stum

kthread: unexport __kthread_should_park()

There are no in-kernel users of __kthread_should_park() so mark it as
static and do not export it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/2023080450-handcuff-stump-1d6e@gregkh
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
Cc: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: "Arve Hjønnevåg" <arve@android.com>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Christian Brauner (Microsoft)" <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Mike Christie <michael.christie@oracle.com>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Cc: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@intel.com>
Cc: Prathu Baronia <quic_pbaronia@quicinc.com>
Cc: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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sched/wait: Fix a kthread_park race with wait_woken()

kthread_park and wait_woken have a similar race that
kthread_stop and wait_woken used to have before it was fixed in
commit cb6538e740d7 ("sched

sched/wait: Fix a kthread_park race with wait_woken()

kthread_park and wait_woken have a similar race that
kthread_stop and wait_woken used to have before it was fixed in
commit cb6538e740d7 ("sched/wait: Fix a kthread race with
wait_woken()"). Extend that fix to also cover kthread_park.

[jstultz: Made changes suggested by Peter to optimize
memory loads]

Signed-off-by: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230602212350.535358-1-jstultz@google.com

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kthread: fix spelling typo and grammar in comments

- `If present` -> `If present,'
- `reuturn` -> `return`
- `function exit safely` -> `function to exit safely`

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/2023

kthread: fix spelling typo and grammar in comments

- `If present` -> `If present,'
- `reuturn` -> `return`
- `function exit safely` -> `function to exit safely`

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230502090242.3037194-1-quic_pbaronia@quicinc.com
Signed-off-by: Prathu Baronia <quic_pbaronia@quicinc.com>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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lazy tlb: introduce lazy tlb mm refcount helper functions

Add explicit _lazy_tlb annotated functions for lazy tlb mm refcounting.
This makes the lazy tlb mm references more obvious, and allows the

lazy tlb: introduce lazy tlb mm refcount helper functions

Add explicit _lazy_tlb annotated functions for lazy tlb mm refcounting.
This makes the lazy tlb mm references more obvious, and allows the
refcounting scheme to be modified in later changes. There is no
functional change with this patch.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230203071837.1136453-3-npiggin@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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kthread: simplify kthread_use_mm refcounting

Patch series "shoot lazy tlbs (lazy tlb refcount scalability
improvement)", v7.

This series improves scalability of context switching between user and
k

kthread: simplify kthread_use_mm refcounting

Patch series "shoot lazy tlbs (lazy tlb refcount scalability
improvement)", v7.

This series improves scalability of context switching between user and
kernel threads on large systems with a threaded process spread across a
lot of CPUs.

Discussion of v6 here:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20230118080011.2258375-1-npiggin@gmail.com/


This patch (of 5):

Remove the special case avoiding refcounting when the mm to be used is the
same as the kernel thread's active (lazy tlb) mm. kthread_use_mm() should
not be such a performance critical path that this matters much. This
simplifies a later change to lazy tlb mm refcounting.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230203071837.1136453-1-npiggin@gmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230203071837.1136453-2-npiggin@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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kthread: Pass in the thread's name during creation

This has us pass in the thread's name during creation in kernel_thread.

Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <michael.christie@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Micha

kthread: Pass in the thread's name during creation

This has us pass in the thread's name during creation in kernel_thread.

Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <michael.christie@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@kernel.org>

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kernel: Allow a kernel thread's name to be set in copy_process

This patch allows kernel users to pass in the thread name so it can be
set during creation instead of having to use set_task_comm after

kernel: Allow a kernel thread's name to be set in copy_process

This patch allows kernel users to pass in the thread name so it can be
set during creation instead of having to use set_task_comm after the
thread is created.

Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <michael.christie@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@kernel.org>

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kthread_worker: check all delayed works when destroy kthread worker

When destroying a kthread worker warn if there are still some pending
delayed works. This indicates that the caller should clear

kthread_worker: check all delayed works when destroy kthread worker

When destroying a kthread worker warn if there are still some pending
delayed works. This indicates that the caller should clear all pending
delayed works before destroying the kthread worker.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230104144230.938521-1-qiang1.zhang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@intel.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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treewide: Drop WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH

CONFIG_CFI_CLANG no longer breaks cross-module function address
equality, which makes WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH unnecessary. Remove
the definition and switch

treewide: Drop WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH

CONFIG_CFI_CLANG no longer breaks cross-module function address
equality, which makes WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH unnecessary. Remove
the definition and switch back to WARN_ON_ONCE.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220908215504.3686827-15-samitolvanen@google.com

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signal: break out of wait loops on kthread_stop()

I was recently surprised to learn that msleep_interruptible(),
wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(), and related functions
simply hung when I

signal: break out of wait loops on kthread_stop()

I was recently surprised to learn that msleep_interruptible(),
wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(), and related functions
simply hung when I called kthread_stop() on kthreads using them. The
solution to fixing the case with msleep_interruptible() was more simply
to move to schedule_timeout_interruptible(). Why?

The reason is that msleep_interruptible(), and many functions just like
it, has a loop like this:

while (timeout && !signal_pending(current))
timeout = schedule_timeout_interruptible(timeout);

The call to kthread_stop() woke up the thread, so schedule_timeout_
interruptible() returned early, but because signal_pending() returned
true, it went back into another timeout, which was never woken up.

This wait loop pattern is common to various pieces of code, and I
suspect that the subtle misuse in a kthread that caused a deadlock in
the code I looked at last week is also found elsewhere.

So this commit causes signal_pending() to return true when
kthread_stop() is called, by setting TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL.

The same also probably applies to the similar kthread_park()
functionality, but that can be addressed later, as its semantics are
slightly different.

Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220627120020.608117-1-Jason@zx2c4.com
v2: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220627145716.641185-1-Jason@zx2c4.com
v3: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220628161441.892925-1-Jason@zx2c4.com
v4: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220711202136.64458-1-Jason@zx2c4.com
v5: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220711232123.136330-1-Jason@zx2c4.com
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>

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kthread: make it clear that kthread_create_on_node() might be terminated by any fatal signal

The comments in kernel/kthread.c create a feeling that only SIGKILL is
able to terminate the creation of

kthread: make it clear that kthread_create_on_node() might be terminated by any fatal signal

The comments in kernel/kthread.c create a feeling that only SIGKILL is
able to terminate the creation of kernel kthreads by
kthread_create()/_on_node()/_on_cpu() APIs.

In reality, wait_for_completion_killable() might be killed by any fatal
signal that does not have a custom handler:

(!siginmask(signr, SIG_KERNEL_IGNORE_MASK|SIG_KERNEL_STOP_MASK) && \
(t)->sighand->action[(signr)-1].sa.sa_handler == SIG_DFL)

static inline void signal_wake_up(struct task_struct *t, bool resume)
{
signal_wake_up_state(t, resume ? TASK_WAKEKILL : 0);
}

static void complete_signal(int sig, struct task_struct *p, enum pid_type type)
{
[...]
/*
* Found a killable thread. If the signal will be fatal,
* then start taking the whole group down immediately.
*/
if (sig_fatal(p, sig) ...) {
if (!sig_kernel_coredump(sig)) {
[...]
do {
task_clear_jobctl_pending(t, JOBCTL_PENDING_MASK);
sigaddset(&t->pending.signal, SIGKILL);
signal_wake_up(t, 1);
} while_each_thread(p, t);
return;
}
}
}

Update the comments in kernel/kthread.c to make this more obvious.

The motivation for this change was debugging why a module initialization
failed. The module was being loaded from initrd. It "magically" failed
when systemd was switching to the real root. The clean up operations sent
SIGTERM to various pending processed that were started from initrd.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220315102444.2380-1-pmladek@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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kthread: unexport kthread_blkcg

kthread_blkcg is only used by the built-in blk-cgroup code.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kern

kthread: unexport kthread_blkcg

kthread_blkcg is only used by the built-in blk-cgroup code.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220420042723.1010598-16-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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uaccess: remove CONFIG_SET_FS

There are no remaining callers of set_fs(), so CONFIG_SET_FS
can be removed globally, along with the thread_info field and
any references to it.

This turns access_ok()

uaccess: remove CONFIG_SET_FS

There are no remaining callers of set_fs(), so CONFIG_SET_FS
can be removed globally, along with the thread_info field and
any references to it.

This turns access_ok() into a cheaper check against TASK_SIZE_MAX.

As CONFIG_SET_FS is now gone, drop all remaining references to
set_fs()/get_fs(), mm_segment_t, user_addr_max() and uaccess_kernel().

Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> # for sparc32 changes
Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Tested-by: Sergey Matyukevich <sergey.matyukevich@synopsys.com> # for arc changes
Acked-by: Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com> # [openrisc, asm-generic]
Acked-by: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

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sched/isolation: Use single feature type while referring to housekeeping cpumask

Refer to housekeeping APIs using single feature types instead of flags.
This prevents from passing multiple isolation

sched/isolation: Use single feature type while referring to housekeeping cpumask

Refer to housekeeping APIs using single feature types instead of flags.
This prevents from passing multiple isolation features at once to
housekeeping interfaces, which soon won't be possible anymore as each
isolation features will have their own cpumask.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Phil Auld <pauld@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220207155910.527133-5-frederic@kernel.org

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kthread: dynamically allocate memory to store kthread's full name

When I was implementing a new per-cpu kthread cfs_migration, I found the
comm of it "cfs_migration/%u" is truncated due to the limit

kthread: dynamically allocate memory to store kthread's full name

When I was implementing a new per-cpu kthread cfs_migration, I found the
comm of it "cfs_migration/%u" is truncated due to the limitation of
TASK_COMM_LEN. For example, the comm of the percpu thread on CPU10~19
all have the same name "cfs_migration/1", which will confuse the user.
This issue is not critical, because we can get the corresponding CPU
from the task's Cpus_allowed. But for kthreads corresponding to other
hardware devices, it is not easy to get the detailed device info from
task comm, for example,

jbd2/nvme0n1p2-
xfs-reclaim/sdf

Currently there are so many truncated kthreads:

rcu_tasks_kthre
rcu_tasks_rude_
rcu_tasks_trace
poll_mpt3sas0_s
ext4-rsv-conver
xfs-reclaim/sd{a, b, c, ...}
xfs-blockgc/sd{a, b, c, ...}
xfs-inodegc/sd{a, b, c, ...}
audit_send_repl
ecryptfs-kthrea
vfio-irqfd-clea
jbd2/nvme0n1p2-
...

We can shorten these names to work around this problem, but it may be
not applied to all of the truncated kthreads. Take 'jbd2/nvme0n1p2-'
for example, it is a nice name, and it is not a good idea to shorten it.

One possible way to fix this issue is extending the task comm size, but
as task->comm is used in lots of places, that may cause some potential
buffer overflows. Another more conservative approach is introducing a
new pointer to store kthread's full name if it is truncated, which won't
introduce too much overhead as it is in the non-critical path. Finally
we make a dicision to use the second approach. See also the discussions
in this thread:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211101060419.4682-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com/

After this change, the full name of these truncated kthreads will be
displayed via /proc/[pid]/comm:

rcu_tasks_kthread
rcu_tasks_rude_kthread
rcu_tasks_trace_kthread
poll_mpt3sas0_statu
ext4-rsv-conversion
xfs-reclaim/sdf1
xfs-blockgc/sdf1
xfs-inodegc/sdf1
audit_send_reply
ecryptfs-kthread
vfio-irqfd-cleanup
jbd2/nvme0n1p2-8

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211120112850.46047-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Suggested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com>
Cc: Michal Miroslaw <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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kthread: add the helper function kthread_run_on_cpu()

Add a new helper function kthread_run_on_cpu(), which includes
kthread_create_on_cpu/wake_up_process().

In some cases, use kthread_run_on_cpu()

kthread: add the helper function kthread_run_on_cpu()

Add a new helper function kthread_run_on_cpu(), which includes
kthread_create_on_cpu/wake_up_process().

In some cases, use kthread_run_on_cpu() directly instead of
kthread_create_on_node/kthread_bind/wake_up_process() or
kthread_create_on_cpu/wake_up_process() or
kthreadd_create/kthread_bind/wake_up_process() to simplify the code.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: export kthread_create_on_cpu to modules]

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211022025711.3673-2-caihuoqing@baidu.com
Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@baidu.com>
Cc: Bernard Metzler <bmt@zurich.ibm.com>
Cc: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@baidu.com>
Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Cc: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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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

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>

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exit/kthread: Fix the kerneldoc comment for kthread_complete_and_exit

I misspelled kthread_complete_and_exit in the kernel doc comment fix
it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/202112141329.KBkyJ5ql-

exit/kthread: Fix the kerneldoc comment for kthread_complete_and_exit

I misspelled kthread_complete_and_exit in the kernel doc comment fix
it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/202112141329.KBkyJ5ql-lkp@intel.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/202112141422.Cykr6YUS-lkp@intel.com
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Fixes: cead18552660 ("exit: Rename complete_and_exit to kthread_complete_and_exit")
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>

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exit/kthread: Move the exit code for kernel threads into struct kthread

The exit code of kernel threads has different semantics than the
exit_code of userspace tasks. To avoid confusion and allow
t

exit/kthread: Move the exit code for kernel threads into struct kthread

The exit code of kernel threads has different semantics than the
exit_code of userspace tasks. To avoid confusion and allow
the userspace implementation to change as needed move
the kernel thread exit code into struct kthread.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>

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kthread: Ensure struct kthread is present for all kthreads

Today the rules are a bit iffy and arbitrary about which kernel
threads have struct kthread present. Both idle threads and thread
started

kthread: Ensure struct kthread is present for all kthreads

Today the rules are a bit iffy and arbitrary about which kernel
threads have struct kthread present. Both idle threads and thread
started with create_kthread want struct kthread present so that is
effectively all kernel threads. Make the rule that if PF_KTHREAD
and the task is running then struct kthread is present.

This will allow the kernel thread code to using tsk->exit_code
with different semantics from ordinary processes.

To make ensure that struct kthread is present for all
kernel threads move it's allocation into copy_process.

Add a deallocation of struct kthread in exec for processes
that were kernel threads.

Move the allocation of struct kthread for the initial thread
earlier so that it is not repeated for each additional idle
thread.

Move the initialization of struct kthread into set_kthread_struct
so that the structure is always and reliably initailized.

Clear set_child_tid in free_kthread_struct to ensure the kthread
struct is reliably freed during exec. The function
free_kthread_struct does not need to clear vfork_done during exec as
exec_mm_release called from exec_mmap has already cleared vfork_done.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>

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exit: Rename complete_and_exit to kthread_complete_and_exit

Update complete_and_exit to call kthread_exit instead of do_exit.

Change the name to reflect this change in functionality. All of the
us

exit: Rename complete_and_exit to kthread_complete_and_exit

Update complete_and_exit to call kthread_exit instead of do_exit.

Change the name to reflect this change in functionality. All of the
users of complete_and_exit are causing the current kthread to exit so
this change makes it clear what is happening.

Move the implementation of kthread_complete_and_exit from
kernel/exit.c to to kernel/kthread.c. As this function is kthread
specific it makes most sense to live with the kthread functions.

There are no functional change.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>

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exit: Implement kthread_exit

The way the per task_struct exit_code is used by kernel threads is not
quite compatible how it is used by userspace applications. The low
byte of the userspace exit_cod

exit: Implement kthread_exit

The way the per task_struct exit_code is used by kernel threads is not
quite compatible how it is used by userspace applications. The low
byte of the userspace exit_code value encodes the exit signal. While
kthreads just use the value as an int holding ordinary kernel function
exit status like -EPERM.

Add kthread_exit to clearly separate the two kinds of uses.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>

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exit/kthread: Have kernel threads return instead of calling do_exit

In 2009 Oleg reworked[1] the kernel threads so that it is not
necessary to call do_exit if you are not using kthread_stop(). Remo

exit/kthread: Have kernel threads return instead of calling do_exit

In 2009 Oleg reworked[1] the kernel threads so that it is not
necessary to call do_exit if you are not using kthread_stop(). Remove
the explicit calls of do_exit and complete_and_exit (with a NULL
completion) that were previously necessary.

[1] 63706172f332 ("kthreads: rework kthread_stop()")
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211020174406.17889-12-ebiederm@xmission.com
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>

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