From cf587db2ee0261c74d04f61f39783db88a0b65e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Christie Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 16:03:23 -0600 Subject: kernel: Allow a kernel thread's name to be set in copy_process This patch allows kernel users to pass in the thread name so it can be set during creation instead of having to use set_task_comm after the thread is created. Signed-off-by: Mike Christie Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) --- include/linux/sched/task.h | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux/sched/task.h') diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task.h b/include/linux/sched/task.h index 357e0068497c..32c9f01af0a6 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched/task.h +++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ struct kernel_clone_args { int __user *pidfd; int __user *child_tid; int __user *parent_tid; + const char *name; int exit_signal; unsigned long stack; unsigned long stack_size; @@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ extern void exit_itimers(struct task_struct *); extern pid_t kernel_clone(struct kernel_clone_args *kargs); struct task_struct *create_io_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, int node); struct task_struct *fork_idle(int); -extern pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags); +extern pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, const char *name, + unsigned long flags); extern pid_t user_mode_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags); extern long kernel_wait4(pid_t, int __user *, int, struct rusage *); int kernel_wait(pid_t pid, int *stat); -- cgit v1.2.3