Using __get_task_comm() to read the task comm ensures that the name is always NUL-terminated, regardless of the source string. This approach also facilitates future extensions to the task comm. Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/kmemleak.c | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c index d5b6fba44fc9..ef29aaab88a0 100644 --- a/mm/kmemleak.c +++ b/mm/kmemleak.c @@ -663,13 +663,7 @@ static struct kmemleak_object *__alloc_object(gfp_t gfp) strncpy(object->comm, "softirq", sizeof(object->comm)); } else { object->pid = current->pid; - /* - * There is a small chance of a race with set_task_comm(), - * however using get_task_comm() here may cause locking - * dependency issues with current->alloc_lock. In the worst - * case, the command line is not correct. - */ - strncpy(object->comm, current->comm, sizeof(object->comm)); + __get_task_comm(object->comm, sizeof(object->comm), current); } /* kernel backtrace */ -- 2.39.1