linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 18/20] exit/rtl8723bs: Replace the macro thread

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Message-ID: <202110210937.B3C164A41B@keescook>
Date:   Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:37:13 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/20] exit/rtl8723bs: Replace the macro thread_exit with
 a simple return 0

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 12:44:04PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Every place thread_exit is called is at the end of a function started
> with kthread_run.  The code in kthread_run has arranged things so a
> kernel thread can just return and do_exit will be called.
> 
> So just have the threads return instead of calling complete_and_exit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook