From: Bhupesh <bhupesh@igalia.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v7 1/4] exec: Remove obsolete comments
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 12:16:06 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250811064609.918593-2-bhupesh@igalia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250811064609.918593-1-bhupesh@igalia.com>
Patch 3a3f61ce5e0b ("exec: Make sure task->comm is always NUL-terminated"),
replaced 'strscpy_pad()' with 'memcpy()' implementations inside
'__set_task_comm()'.
However a few left-over comments are still there, which mention
the usage of 'strscpy_pad()' inside '__set_task_comm()'.
Remove those obsolete comments.
While at it, also remove an obsolete comment regarding 'task_lock()'
usage while handing 'task->comm'.
Signed-off-by: Bhupesh <bhupesh@igalia.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/sched.h | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 2b272382673d..35f1ef06eb6c 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1159,10 +1159,8 @@ struct task_struct {
*
* - normally initialized begin_new_exec()
* - set it with set_task_comm()
- * - strscpy_pad() to ensure it is always NUL-terminated and
+ * - logic inside set_task_comm() will ensure it is always NUL-terminated and
* zero-padded
- * - task_lock() to ensure the operation is atomic and the name is
- * fully updated.
*/
char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
@@ -1972,7 +1970,7 @@ extern void __set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, const char *from, bool exec
* User space can randomly change their names anyway, so locking for readers
* doesn't make sense. For writers, locking is probably necessary, as a race
* condition could lead to long-term mixed results.
- * The strscpy_pad() in __set_task_comm() can ensure that the task comm is
+ * The logic inside __set_task_comm() should ensure that the task comm is
* always NUL-terminated and zero-padded. Therefore the race condition between
* reader and writer is not an issue.
*
--
2.38.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-11 6:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-11 6:46 [PATCH v7 0/4] Add support for long task name Bhupesh
2025-08-11 6:46 ` Bhupesh [this message]
2025-08-11 6:46 ` [PATCH v7 2/4] include: Set tsk->comm length to 64 bytes Bhupesh
2025-08-11 15:10 ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-08-13 10:29 ` Bhupesh Sharma
2025-08-11 6:46 ` [PATCH v7 3/4] treewide: Replace 'get_task_comm()' with 'strscpy_pad()' Bhupesh
2025-08-11 15:05 ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-08-13 10:27 ` Bhupesh Sharma
2025-08-11 6:46 ` [PATCH v7 4/4] treewide: Switch memcpy() users of 'task->comm' to a more safer implementation Bhupesh
2025-08-11 15:08 ` Andy Shevchenko
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