linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V1] kthread: Unify kernel_thread() and user_mode

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Date:   Mon, 5 Jun 2023 16:21:35 -0700
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...ngson.cn>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, chenhuacai@...nel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V1] kthread: Unify kernel_thread() and user_mode_thread()

On Mon, Jun 05, 2023 at 04:10:52PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sat,  3 Jun 2023 09:53:02 +0800 Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...ngson.cn> wrote:
> 
> > Commit 343f4c49f2438d8 ("kthread: Don't allocate kthread_struct for init
> > and umh") introduces a new function user_mode_thread() for init and umh.
> > 
> > init and umh are different from typical kernel threads since the don't
> > need a "kthread" struct and they will finally become user processes by
> > calling kernel_execve(), but on the other hand, they are also different
> > from typical user mode threads (they have no "mm" structs at creation
> > time, which is traditionally used to distinguish a user thread and a
> > kernel thread).
> > 
> > So I think it is reasonable to treat init and umh as "special kernel
> > threads". Then let's unify the kernel_thread() and user_mode_thread()
> > to kernel_thread() again, and add a new 'user' parameter for init and
> > umh.
> > 
> > This also makes code simpler. 
> 
> Seems fair enough.

I thought Eric still disagreed?

  Luis