linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/5] arch: Remove get_task_comm() and print task comm directly

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Message-Id: <20241219023452.69907-3-laoar.shao@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 10:34:49 +0800
From: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v2 2/5] arch: Remove get_task_comm() and print task comm directly

Since task->comm is guaranteed to be NUL-terminated, we can print it
directly without the need to copy it into a separate buffer. This
simplifies the code and avoids unnecessary operations.

Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
Cc: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...nel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
---
 arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c | 5 ++---
 arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c   | 5 ++---
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c b/arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c
index d2f5ceaaed1b..3b2d8b1bd271 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/unaligned.c
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ int misaligned_fixup(unsigned long address, struct pt_regs *regs,
 		     struct callee_regs *cregs)
 {
 	struct disasm_state state;
-	char buf[TASK_COMM_LEN];
 
 	/* handle user mode only and only if enabled by sysadmin */
 	if (!user_mode(regs) || !unaligned_enabled)
@@ -212,11 +211,11 @@ int misaligned_fixup(unsigned long address, struct pt_regs *regs,
 			     " performance significantly\n. To enable further"
 			     " logging of such instances, please \n"
 			     " echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/ignore-unaligned-usertrap\n",
-			     get_task_comm(buf, current), task_pid_nr(current));
+			     current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
 	} else {
 		/* Add rate limiting if it gets down to it */
 		pr_warn("%s(%d): unaligned access to/from 0x%lx by PC: 0x%lx\n",
-			get_task_comm(buf, current), task_pid_nr(current),
+			current->comm, task_pid_nr(current),
 			address, regs->ret);
 
 	}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
index e9e803a4d44c..e6cc84143f3e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
@@ -246,9 +246,8 @@ static long do_sys_vm86(struct vm86plus_struct __user *user_vm86, bool plus)
 
 	/* VM86_SCREEN_BITMAP had numerous bugs and appears to have no users. */
 	if (v.flags & VM86_SCREEN_BITMAP) {
-		char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
-
-		pr_info_once("vm86: '%s' uses VM86_SCREEN_BITMAP, which is no longer supported\n", get_task_comm(comm, current));
+		pr_info_once("vm86: '%s' uses VM86_SCREEN_BITMAP, which is no longer supported\n",
+			     current->comm);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-- 
2.43.5