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-rw-r--r--fs/exec.c6
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched/task.h2
-rw-r--r--init/main.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/fork.c22
-rw-r--r--kernel/umh.c6
5 files changed, 30 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index e3e55d5e0be1..75eb6e0ee7b2 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1308,8 +1308,6 @@ int begin_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
if (retval)
goto out_unlock;
- if (me->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
- free_kthread_struct(me);
me->flags &= ~(PF_RANDOMIZE | PF_FORKNOEXEC | PF_KTHREAD |
PF_NOFREEZE | PF_NO_SETAFFINITY);
flush_thread();
@@ -1955,6 +1953,10 @@ int kernel_execve(const char *kernel_filename,
int fd = AT_FDCWD;
int retval;
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE((current->flags & PF_KTHREAD) &&
+ (current->worker_private)))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
filename = getname_kernel(kernel_filename);
if (IS_ERR(filename))
return PTR_ERR(filename);
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task.h b/include/linux/sched/task.h
index 719c9a6cac8d..4492266935dd 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/task.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct kernel_clone_args {
size_t set_tid_size;
int cgroup;
int io_thread;
+ int kthread;
struct cgroup *cgrp;
struct css_set *cset;
};
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ struct task_struct *create_io_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, int node);
struct task_struct *fork_idle(int);
struct mm_struct *copy_init_mm(void);
extern pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags);
+extern pid_t user_mode_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags);
extern long kernel_wait4(pid_t, int __user *, int, struct rusage *);
int kernel_wait(pid_t pid, int *stat);
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 98182c3c2c4b..39baac0211c6 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ noinline void __ref rest_init(void)
* the init task will end up wanting to create kthreads, which, if
* we schedule it before we create kthreadd, will OOPS.
*/
- pid = kernel_thread(kernel_init, NULL, CLONE_FS);
+ pid = user_mode_thread(kernel_init, NULL, CLONE_FS);
/*
* Pin init on the boot CPU. Task migration is not properly working
* until sched_init_smp() has been run. It will set the allowed
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 9796897560ab..27c5203750b4 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
p->io_context = NULL;
audit_set_context(p, NULL);
cgroup_fork(p);
- if (p->flags & PF_KTHREAD) {
+ if (args->kthread) {
if (!set_kthread_struct(p))
goto bad_fork_cleanup_delayacct;
}
@@ -2548,7 +2548,8 @@ struct task_struct * __init fork_idle(int cpu)
{
struct task_struct *task;
struct kernel_clone_args args = {
- .flags = CLONE_VM,
+ .flags = CLONE_VM,
+ .kthread = 1,
};
task = copy_process(&init_struct_pid, 0, cpu_to_node(cpu), &args);
@@ -2686,6 +2687,23 @@ pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
.exit_signal = (lower_32_bits(flags) & CSIGNAL),
.stack = (unsigned long)fn,
.stack_size = (unsigned long)arg,
+ .kthread = 1,
+ };
+
+ return kernel_clone(&args);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create a user mode thread.
+ */
+pid_t user_mode_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
+{
+ struct kernel_clone_args args = {
+ .flags = ((lower_32_bits(flags) | CLONE_VM |
+ CLONE_UNTRACED) & ~CSIGNAL),
+ .exit_signal = (lower_32_bits(flags) & CSIGNAL),
+ .stack = (unsigned long)fn,
+ .stack_size = (unsigned long)arg,
};
return kernel_clone(&args);
diff --git a/kernel/umh.c b/kernel/umh.c
index 36c123360ab8..b989736e8707 100644
--- a/kernel/umh.c
+++ b/kernel/umh.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static void call_usermodehelper_exec_sync(struct subprocess_info *sub_info)
/* If SIGCLD is ignored do_wait won't populate the status. */
kernel_sigaction(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
- pid = kernel_thread(call_usermodehelper_exec_async, sub_info, SIGCHLD);
+ pid = user_mode_thread(call_usermodehelper_exec_async, sub_info, SIGCHLD);
if (pid < 0)
sub_info->retval = pid;
else
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ static void call_usermodehelper_exec_work(struct work_struct *work)
* want to pollute current->children, and we need a parent
* that always ignores SIGCHLD to ensure auto-reaping.
*/
- pid = kernel_thread(call_usermodehelper_exec_async, sub_info,
- CLONE_PARENT | SIGCHLD);
+ pid = user_mode_thread(call_usermodehelper_exec_async, sub_info,
+ CLONE_PARENT | SIGCHLD);
if (pid < 0) {
sub_info->retval = pid;
umh_complete(sub_info);