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-rw-r--r--include/linux/kthread.h2
-rw-r--r--kernel/kthread.c30
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/core.c21
3 files changed, 35 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index 2484ed97e72f..d9133d6db308 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_cpu(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
unsigned int cpu,
const char *namefmt);
+void set_kthread_struct(struct task_struct *p);
+
void kthread_set_per_cpu(struct task_struct *k, int cpu);
bool kthread_is_per_cpu(struct task_struct *k);
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index fe3f2a40d61e..3d326833092b 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -68,16 +68,6 @@ enum KTHREAD_BITS {
KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK,
};
-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)
{
WARN_ON(!(k->flags & PF_KTHREAD));
@@ -103,6 +93,22 @@ static inline struct kthread *__to_kthread(struct task_struct *p)
return kthread;
}
+void set_kthread_struct(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+ struct kthread *kthread;
+
+ if (__to_kthread(p))
+ return;
+
+ kthread = kzalloc(sizeof(*kthread), GFP_KERNEL);
+ /*
+ * 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.
+ */
+ p->set_child_tid = (__force void __user *)kthread;
+}
+
void free_kthread_struct(struct task_struct *k)
{
struct kthread *kthread;
@@ -272,8 +278,8 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
struct kthread *self;
int ret;
- self = kzalloc(sizeof(*self), GFP_KERNEL);
- set_kthread_struct(self);
+ set_kthread_struct(current);
+ self = to_kthread(current);
/* If user was SIGKILLed, I release the structure. */
done = xchg(&create->done, NULL);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 24fd795e4b8c..6a5124c4d54f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -8234,12 +8234,25 @@ void __init init_idle(struct task_struct *idle, int cpu)
__sched_fork(0, idle);
+ /*
+ * The idle task doesn't need the kthread struct to function, but it
+ * is dressed up as a per-CPU kthread and thus needs to play the part
+ * if we want to avoid special-casing it in code that deals with per-CPU
+ * kthreads.
+ */
+ set_kthread_struct(idle);
+
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&idle->pi_lock, flags);
raw_spin_rq_lock(rq);
idle->state = TASK_RUNNING;
idle->se.exec_start = sched_clock();
- idle->flags |= PF_IDLE;
+ /*
+ * PF_KTHREAD should already be set at this point; regardless, make it
+ * look like a proper per-CPU kthread.
+ */
+ idle->flags |= PF_IDLE | PF_KTHREAD | PF_NO_SETAFFINITY;
+ kthread_set_per_cpu(idle, cpu);
scs_task_reset(idle);
kasan_unpoison_task_stack(idle);
@@ -8456,12 +8469,8 @@ static void balance_push(struct rq *rq)
/*
* Both the cpu-hotplug and stop task are in this case and are
* required to complete the hotplug process.
- *
- * XXX: the idle task does not match kthread_is_per_cpu() due to
- * histerical raisins.
*/
- if (rq->idle == push_task ||
- kthread_is_per_cpu(push_task) ||
+ if (kthread_is_per_cpu(push_task) ||
is_migration_disabled(push_task)) {
/*