Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Oct 2018 03:49:43 +0100 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: in_compat_syscall() returns from kernel thread for X86_32. |
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On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 07:37:42PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> I could get on board with: > > ({WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD); true}) > > The point of these accessors is to be used *in a syscall*. > > What on Earth is Lustre doing that makes it have this problem?
Plays with timestamps from a kernel thread, perhaps? See the old .su joke about adenoidectomy with rectal access for possible reasons for doing it that way...
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