From: Bradley Morgan <brads@mainlining.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Andy Walls <awalls@md.metrocast.net>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
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Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Bradley Morgan <brads@mainlining.org>,
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Subject: [PATCH v2 5/5] kthread: remove worker->task self assignment
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 09:40:08 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c925e99c73bea9e0cdab656ba09453df7e81dcb2.1788513591.git.brads@mainlining.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1788513591.git.brads@mainlining.org>
All kthread worker users now create their workers with
kthread_create_worker*(), which sets worker->task before the worker
starts. The self assignment in kthread_worker_fn() is dead code now.
Remove the assignment but keep the WARN_ON() as a sanity check for
any OOT users still using the old API.
Suggested-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <brads@mainlining.org>
---
kernel/kthread.c | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 63beb59b7a3d..643407647e79 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -987,12 +987,10 @@ int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr)
struct kthread_worker *worker = worker_ptr;
struct kthread_work *work;
- /*
- * FIXME: Update the check and remove the assignment when all kthread
- * worker users are created using kthread_create_worker*() functions.
+ /* All workers are created with worker->task set. If this fires,
+ * the caller is broken.
*/
- WARN_ON(worker->task && worker->task != current);
- worker->task = current;
+ WARN_ON(worker->task != current);
if (worker->flags & KTW_FREEZABLE)
set_freezable();
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-04 9:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-04 9:37 [PATCH v2 0/5] kthread: convert remaining users to kthread_create_worker Bradley Morgan
2026-09-04 9:37 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] media: ivtv: convert to kthread_run_worker Bradley Morgan
2026-09-04 10:44 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-09-04 9:40 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] net: encx24j600: " Bradley Morgan
2026-09-04 9:40 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] tty: sc16is7xx: " Bradley Morgan
2026-09-04 9:40 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] cpufreq: schedutil: convert to kthread_create_worker Bradley Morgan
2026-09-04 9:40 ` Bradley Morgan [this message]
2026-09-04 15:54 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] kthread: convert remaining users " Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-04 15:56 ` Bradley Morgan
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