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[PATCH 00/20] exit cleanups · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
[PATCH 01/20] exit/doublefault: Remove apparently bogus comment about rewind_stack_do_exit · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 01/20] exit/doublefault: Remove apparently bogus comment about rewind_stack_do_exit · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
[PATCH 02/20] exit: Remove calls of do_exit after noreturn versions of die · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 02/20] exit: Remove calls of do_exit after noreturn versions of die · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
[PATCH 03/20] reboot: Remove the unreachable panic after do_exit in reboot(2) · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 03/20] reboot: Remove the unreachable panic after do_exit in reboot(2) · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
[PATCH 04/20] signal/sparc32: Remove unreachable do_exit in do_sparc_fault · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 04/20] signal/sparc32: Remove unreachable do_exit in do_sparc_fault · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
[PATCH 05/20] signal/mips: Update (_save|_restore)_fp_context to fail with -EFAULT · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 05/20] signal/mips: Update (_save|_restore)_fp_context to fail with -EFAULT · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
Re: [PATCH 05/20] signal/mips: Update (_save|_restore)_fp_context to fail with -EFAULT · "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@orcam.me.uk> · 2021-10-24
Re: [PATCH 05/20] signal/mips: Update (_save|_restore)_fp_context to fail with -EFAULT · Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de> · 2021-10-24
[PATCH 06/20] signal/sh: Use force_sig(SIGKILL) instead of do_group_exit(SIGKILL) · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 06/20] signal/sh: Use force_sig(SIGKILL) instead of do_group_exit(SIGKILL) · Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 06/20] signal/sh: Use force_sig(SIGKILL) instead of do_group_exit(SIGKILL) · Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org> · 2021-10-27
Re: [PATCH 06/20] signal/sh: Use force_sig(SIGKILL) instead of do_group_exit(SIGKILL) · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
[PATCH 07/20] signal/powerpc: On swapcontext failure force SIGSEGV · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 07/20] signal/powerpc: On swapcontext failure force SIGSEGV · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
[PATCH 08/20] signal/sparc: In setup_tsb_params convert open coded BUG into BUG · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 08/20] signal/sparc: In setup_tsb_params convert open coded BUG into BUG · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
[PATCH 09/20] signal/vm86_32: Replace open coded BUG_ON with an actual BUG_ON · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 09/20] signal/vm86_32: Replace open coded BUG_ON with an actual BUG_ON · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
[PATCH 10/20] signal/vm86_32: Properly send SIGSEGV when the vm86 state cannot be saved. · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 10/20] signal/vm86_32: Properly send SIGSEGV when the vm86 state cannot be saved. · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
Re: [PATCH 10/20] signal/vm86_32: Properly send SIGSEGV when the vm86 state cannot be saved. · "Andy Lutomirski" <luto@kernel.org> · 2021-10-21
[PATCH 11/20] signal/s390: Use force_sigsegv in default_trap_handler · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 11/20] signal/s390: Use force_sigsegv in default_trap_handler · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
Re: [PATCH 11/20] signal/s390: Use force_sigsegv in default_trap_handler · Christian Borntraeger <hidden> · 2021-10-26
[PATCH 12/20] exit/kthread: Have kernel threads return instead of calling do_exit · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 12/20] exit/kthread: Have kernel threads return instead of calling do_exit · Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> · 2021-10-21
Re: [PATCH 12/20] exit/kthread: Have kernel threads return instead of calling do_exit · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
[PATCH 14/20] exit/syscall_user_dispatch: Send ordinary signals on failure · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 14/20] exit/syscall_user_dispatch: Send ordinary signals on failure · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
Re: [PATCH 14/20] exit/syscall_user_dispatch: Send ordinary signals on failure · Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> · 2021-10-25
[PATCH 13/20] signal: Implement force_fatal_sig · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 13/20] signal: Implement force_fatal_sig · Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 13/20] signal: Implement force_fatal_sig · Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> · 2021-10-25
Re: [PATCH 13/20] signal: Implement force_fatal_sig · Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> · 2021-10-25
Re: [PATCH 13/20] signal: Implement force_fatal_sig · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
[PATCH 15/20] signal/sparc32: Exit with a fatal signal when try_to_clear_window_buffer fails · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 15/20] signal/sparc32: Exit with a fatal signal when try_to_clear_window_buffer fails · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
[PATCH 16/20] signal/sparc32: In setup_rt_frame and setup_fram use force_fatal_sig · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 16/20] signal/sparc32: In setup_rt_frame and setup_fram use force_fatal_sig · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
[PATCH 17/20] signal/x86: In emulate_vsyscall force a signal instead of calling do_exit · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 17/20] signal/x86: In emulate_vsyscall force a signal instead of calling do_exit · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
[PATCH 18/20] exit/rtl8723bs: Replace the macro thread_exit with a simple return 0 · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 18/20] exit/rtl8723bs: Replace the macro thread_exit with a simple return 0 · Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> · 2021-10-21
Re: [PATCH 18/20] exit/rtl8723bs: Replace the macro thread_exit with a simple return 0 · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
[PATCH 19/20] exit/rtl8712: Replace the macro thread_exit with a simple return 0 · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 19/20] exit/rtl8712: Replace the macro thread_exit with a simple return 0 · Greg KH <hidden> · 2021-10-21
Re: [PATCH 19/20] exit/rtl8712: Replace the macro thread_exit with a simple return 0 · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21
[PATCH 20/20] exit/r8188eu: Replace the macro thread_exit with a simple return 0 · Eric W. Biederman <hidden> · 2021-10-20
Re: [PATCH 20/20] exit/r8188eu: Replace the macro thread_exit with a simple return 0 · Greg KH <hidden> · 2021-10-21
Re: [PATCH 20/20] exit/r8188eu: Replace the macro thread_exit with a simple return 0 · Kees Cook <hidden> · 2021-10-21

Re: [PATCH 18/20] exit/rtl8723bs: Replace the macro thread_exit with a simple return 0

From: Kees Cook <hidden>
Date: 2021-10-21 16:37:16
Also in: lkml

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 12:44:04PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:

Every place thread_exit is called is at the end of a function started
with kthread_run.  The code in kthread_run has arranged things so a
kernel thread can just return and do_exit will be called.

So just have the threads return instead of calling complete_and_exit.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <redacted>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <redacted>

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Kees Cook

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