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perf: Use current->flags & PF_KTHREAD|PF_USER_WORKER instead of current->mm == NULL
authorSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:03:41 +0000 (14:03 -0400)
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:51:13 +0000 (09:51 +0200)
commit90942f9fac05702065ff82ed0bade0d08168d4ea
tree0002a5f7e78d1c877f9806121ee4d1eed84eb50d
parent153f9e74dec230f2e070e16fa061bc7adfd2c450
perf: Use current->flags & PF_KTHREAD|PF_USER_WORKER instead of current->mm == NULL

To determine if a task is a kernel thread or not, it is more reliable to
use (current->flags & (PF_KTHREAD|PF_USER_WORKERi)) than to rely on
current->mm being NULL.  That is because some kernel tasks (io_uring
helpers) may have a mm field.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250820180428.592367294@kernel.org
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