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 <[email protected]>
---
kernel/exit.c | 16 ++++++++--------
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index b55ed4c..1a7c878 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
#include <linux/audit.h> /* for audit_free() */
#include <linux/resource.h>
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>
@@ -255,26 +256,25 @@ static int has_stopped_jobs(struct pid *pgrp)
}
/**
- * 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 */
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ void daemonize(const char *name, ...)
current->files = init_task.files;
atomic_inc(¤t->files->count);
- reparent_to_init();
+ reparent_to_kthreadd();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(daemonize);
--
1.5.0.g53756
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