Re: [PATCH] kernel: exit: cleanup release_thread()
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: 2022-08-19 09:40:54
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Hi Kefeng, On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 3:39 AM Kefeng Wang [off-list ref] wrote:
Only x86 has own release_thread(), introduce a new weak release_thread() function to clean empty definitions in other ARCHs. Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <redacted>
arch/m68k/include/asm/processor.h | 5 -----
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ void put_task_struct_rcu_user(struct task_struct *task) call_rcu(&task->rcu, delayed_put_task_struct); } +void __weak release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task) +{ +}
As the default implementation is empty, it might be better to keep this as a static inline function, protected by #ifndef release_thread, and let x86 #define release_thread.
+
void release_task(struct task_struct *p)
{
struct task_struct *leader;
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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