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Message-ID: <202110210937.EA55CEF@keescook> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:37:42 -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 20/20] exit/r8188eu: Replace the macro thread_exit with a simple return 0 On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 12:44:06PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > The macro thread_exit is called is at the end of functions 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 rtw_cmd_thread and mp_xmit_packet_thread return instead > of calling complete_and_exit. > > Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> -- Kees Cook
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