From 717a94b5fc7092afebe9c93791f29b2d8e5d297a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: NeilBrown Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 10:03:26 +1000 Subject: sched/core: Remove 'task' parameter and rename tsk_restore_flags() to current_restore_flags() It is not safe for one thread to modify the ->flags of another thread as there is no locking that can protect the update. So tsk_restore_flags(), which takes a task pointer and modifies the flags, is an invitation to do the wrong thing. All current users pass "current" as the task, so no developers have accepted that invitation. It would be best to ensure it remains that way. So rename tsk_restore_flags() to current_restore_flags() and don't pass in a task_struct pointer. Always operate on current->flags. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Mel Gorman Cc: Michal Hocko Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- drivers/block/nbd.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/block/nbd.c') diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c index d8a23561b4cb..3c9052bf2327 100644 --- a/drivers/block/nbd.c +++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static int sock_xmit(struct nbd_device *nbd, int index, int send, *sent += result; } while (msg_data_left(&msg)); - tsk_restore_flags(current, pflags, PF_MEMALLOC); + current_restore_flags(pflags, PF_MEMALLOC); return result; } -- cgit v1.2.3