In 28aaa9c39945 ("kthread: consolidate kthread exit paths to prevent use-after-free") we folded kthread_exit() into do_exit() when we fixed a nasty UAF bug. We left kthread_exit() around as an alias to do_exit(). Remove it completely. Reported-by: Christian Loehle Link: https://lore.kernel.org/1ff1bce2-8bb4-463c-a631-16e14f4ea7e2@arm.com Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner --- include/linux/kthread.h | 1 - include/linux/module.h | 2 +- include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h | 2 +- kernel/kthread.c | 8 ++++---- kernel/module/main.c | 2 +- lib/kunit/try-catch.c | 2 +- tools/objtool/noreturns.h | 1 - 7 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h index a01a474719a7..37982eca94f1 100644 --- a/include/linux/kthread.h +++ b/include/linux/kthread.h @@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ void *kthread_probe_data(struct task_struct *k); int kthread_park(struct task_struct *k); void kthread_unpark(struct task_struct *k); void kthread_parkme(void); -#define kthread_exit(result) do_exit(result) void kthread_complete_and_exit(struct completion *, long) __noreturn; int kthreads_update_housekeeping(void); void kthread_do_exit(struct kthread *, long); diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h index 14f391b186c6..79ac4a700b39 100644 --- a/include/linux/module.h +++ b/include/linux/module.h @@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ static inline int unregister_module_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb) return 0; } -#define module_put_and_kthread_exit(code) kthread_exit(code) +#define module_put_and_kthread_exit(code) do_exit(code) static inline void print_modules(void) { diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h index 4dc14c7a711b..c86fc8a87eae 100644 --- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h +++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h @@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static inline void svc_thread_init_status(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, int err) { store_release_wake_up(&rqstp->rq_err, err); if (err) - kthread_exit(1); + do_exit(1); } struct svc_deferred_req { diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c index 791210daf8b4..1447c14c8540 100644 --- a/kernel/kthread.c +++ b/kernel/kthread.c @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ void __noreturn kthread_complete_and_exit(struct completion *comp, long code) if (comp) complete(comp); - kthread_exit(code); + do_exit(code); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_complete_and_exit); @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ static int kthread(void *_create) if (!done) { kfree(create->full_name); kfree(create); - kthread_exit(-EINTR); + do_exit(-EINTR); } self->full_name = create->full_name; @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static int kthread(void *_create) __kthread_parkme(self); ret = threadfn(data); } - kthread_exit(ret); + do_exit(ret); } /* called from kernel_clone() to get node information for about to be created task */ @@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_park); * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will exit without * calling threadfn(). * - * If threadfn() may call kthread_exit() itself, the caller must ensure + * If threadfn() may call do_exit() itself, the caller must ensure * task_struct can't go away. * * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process() diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c index c3ce106c70af..340b4dc5c692 100644 --- a/kernel/module/main.c +++ b/kernel/module/main.c @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static int mod_strncmp(const char *str_a, const char *str_b, size_t n) void __noreturn __module_put_and_kthread_exit(struct module *mod, long code) { module_put(mod); - kthread_exit(code); + do_exit(code); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(__module_put_and_kthread_exit); diff --git a/lib/kunit/try-catch.c b/lib/kunit/try-catch.c index d84a879f0a78..99d9603a2cfd 100644 --- a/lib/kunit/try-catch.c +++ b/lib/kunit/try-catch.c @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ void __noreturn kunit_try_catch_throw(struct kunit_try_catch *try_catch) { try_catch->try_result = -EFAULT; - kthread_exit(0); + do_exit(0); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kunit_try_catch_throw); diff --git a/tools/objtool/noreturns.h b/tools/objtool/noreturns.h index 14f8ab653449..40c0b05c6726 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/noreturns.h +++ b/tools/objtool/noreturns.h @@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ NORETURN(ex_handler_msr_mce) NORETURN(hlt_play_dead) NORETURN(hv_ghcb_terminate) NORETURN(kthread_complete_and_exit) -NORETURN(kthread_exit) NORETURN(kunit_try_catch_throw) NORETURN(machine_real_restart) NORETURN(make_task_dead) -- 2.47.3