alloc_thread_stack_node() already populates the task_struct::stack member except on IA64. The stack pointer is saved and populated again because IA64 needs it and arch_dup_task_struct() overwrites it. Allocate thread's stack after task_struct has been duplicated as a preparation. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/fork.c | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index bb3f2980f94fb..ce320d4b8e1f4 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -887,6 +887,10 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node) if (!tsk) return NULL; + err = arch_dup_task_struct(tsk, orig); + if (err) + goto free_tsk; + stack = alloc_thread_stack_node(tsk, node); if (!stack) goto free_tsk; @@ -896,8 +900,6 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node) stack_vm_area = task_stack_vm_area(tsk); - err = arch_dup_task_struct(tsk, orig); - /* * arch_dup_task_struct() clobbers the stack-related fields. Make * sure they're properly initialized before using any stack-related @@ -911,9 +913,6 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node) refcount_set(&tsk->stack_refcount, 1); #endif - if (err) - goto free_stack; - err = scs_prepare(tsk, node); if (err) goto free_stack; -- 2.33.1