Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] init/main.c: Give init_task a canary

Tasks get their end of stack set to STACK_END_MAGIC with the
aim to catch stack overruns. Currently this feature does not
apply to init_task. This patch removes this restriction.

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 51ab9e7..35d0760c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
 #include <linux/kdebug.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
-#include <linux/magic.h>
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 #include <linux/context_tracking.h>
 

@@ -538,7 +537,7 @@ void bad_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address, int sig)
 		regs->nip);
 
 	stackend = end_of_stack(current);
-	if (current != &init_task && *stackend != STACK_END_MAGIC)
+	if (*stackend != STACK_END_MAGIC)
 		printk(KERN_ALERT "Thread overran stack, or stack corrupted\n");