linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kthread: Generalize pf_io_worker so it can point to struct kthread

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=whmsosJkXoN+arC6eUdayq42pTZzr1j0rG3=RsPBgqujA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Dec 2021 09:20:26 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexey Gladkov <legion@...nel.org>,
        Kyle Huey <me@...ehuey.com>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
        Mike Christie <michael.christie@...cle.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kthread: Generalize pf_io_worker so it can point to
 struct kthread

On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 9:19 PM Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com> wrote:
>
> Instead of continuing to use the set_child_tid field of task_struct
> generalize the pf_io_worker field of task_struct and use it to hold
> the kthread pointer.

Well that patch certainly looks like a nice cleanup to me. Thanks.

                Linus