The patch titled
Change reparent_to_init to reparent_to_kthreadd
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
change-reparent_to_init-to-reparent_to_kthreadd.patch
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Subject: Change reparent_to_init to reparent_to_kthreadd
From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
When a kernel thread calls daemonize, instead of reparenting the thread to
init reparent the thread to kthreadd next to the threads created by
kthread_create.
This is really just a stop gap until daemonize goes away, but it does
ensure no kernel threads are under init and they are all in one place that
is easy to find.
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/exit.c | 16 ++++++++--------
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/exit.c~change-reparent_to_init-to-reparent_to_kthreadd kernel/exit.c
--- a/kernel/exit.c~change-reparent_to_init-to-reparent_to_kthreadd
+++ a/kernel/exit.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
#include <linux/profile.h>
#include <linux/mount.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
#include <linux/mempolicy.h>
#include <linux/taskstats_kern.h>
#include <linux/delayacct.h>
@@ -257,26 +258,25 @@ static int has_stopped_jobs(struct pid *
}
/**
- * reparent_to_init - Reparent the calling kernel thread to the init task of the pid space that the thread belongs to.
+ * reparent_to_kthreadd - Reparent the calling kernel thread to kthreadd
*
* If a kernel thread is launched as a result of a system call, or if
- * it ever exits, it should generally reparent itself to init so that
- * it is correctly cleaned up on exit.
+ * it ever exits, it should generally reparent itself to kthreadd so it
+ * isn't in the way of other processes and is correctly cleaned up on exit.
*
* The various task state such as scheduling policy and priority may have
* been inherited from a user process, so we reset them to sane values here.
*
- * NOTE that reparent_to_init() gives the caller full capabilities.
+ * NOTE that reparent_to_kthreadd() gives the caller full capabilities.
*/
-static void reparent_to_init(void)
+static void reparent_to_kthreadd(void)
{
write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
ptrace_unlink(current);
/* Reparent to init */
remove_parent(current);
- current->parent = child_reaper(current);
- current->real_parent = child_reaper(current);
+ current->real_parent = current->parent = kthreadd_task;
add_parent(current);
/* Set the exit signal to SIGCHLD so we signal init on exit */
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ void daemonize(const char *name, ...)
current->files = init_task.files;
atomic_inc(¤t->files->count);
- reparent_to_init();
+ reparent_to_kthreadd();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(daemonize);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
powerpc-rtas-msi-support.patch
fix-i-oat-for-kexec.patch
fix-x86_64-mm-relocatable-kernel-support.patch
account-for-module-percpu-space-separately-from-kernel.patch
i386-irq-kill-irq-compression.patch
i386-relocate-vdso-elf-headers-to-match-mapped-location-with-compat_vdso.patch
i386-make-compat_vdso-runtime-selectable.patch
clone-flag-clone_parent_tidptr-leaves-invalid-results-in-memory.patch
allow-access-to-proc-pid-fd-after-setuid.patch
merge-sys_clone-sys_unshare-nsproxy-and-namespace.patch
fix-race-between-proc_get_inode-and-remove_proc_entry.patch
fix-race-between-proc_readdir-and-remove_proc_entry.patch
procfs-reorder-struct-pid_dentry-to-save-space-on-64bit-archs-and-constify-them.patch
tty-remove-unnecessary-export-of-proc_clear_tty.patch
tty-simplify-calling-of-put_pid.patch
tty-introduce-no_tty-and-use-it-in-selinux.patch
tty-in-tiocsctty-when-we-steal-a-tty-hang-it-up.patch
tty-in-tiocsctty-when-we-steal-a-tty-hang-it-up-fix.patch
clean-up-elf-note-generation.patch
remove-hardcoding-of-hard_smp_processor_id-on-up.patch
use-the-apic-to-determine-the-hardware-processor-id-i386.patch
use-the-apic-to-determine-the-hardware-processor-id-x86_64.patch
always-ask-the-hardware-to-obtain-hardware-processor-id-ia64.patch
proc-cleanup-use-seq_release_private-where-appropriate.patch
kthread-dont-depend-on-work-queues-take-2.patch
kthread-dont-depend-on-work-queues-take-2-fix.patch
change-reparent_to_init-to-reparent_to_kthreadd.patch
edac-k8-driver-coding-tidy.patch
statically-initialize-struct-pid-for-swapper.patch
explicitly-set-pgid-and-sid-of-init-process.patch
use-struct-pid-parameter-in-copy_process.patch
use-task_pgrp-task_session-in-copy_process.patch
kill-unused-sesssion-and-group-values-in-rocket-driver.patch
fix-some-coding-style-errors-in-autofs.patch
replace-pid_t-in-autofs-with-struct-pid-reference.patch
dont-init-pgrp-and-__session-in-init_signals.patch
vdso-print-fatal-signals-use-ctl_unnumbered.patch
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