[PATCH 2/2] mm/kmemleak: Use PF_KTHREAD flag to detect kernel threads

From: Zhongqiu Han

Date: Fri Jan 30 2026 - 04:41:13 EST


Replace the current->mm check with PF_KTHREAD flag for more reliable
kernel thread detection in scan_should_stop(). The PF_KTHREAD flag is the
standard way to identify kernel threads and is not affected by temporary
mm borrowing via use_mm() (although kmemleak does not currently encounter
such cases, this makes the code more robust).

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Zhongqiu Han <zhongqiu.han@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/kmemleak.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index fb0022f34393..eb2ffbaf2f7e 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -1507,10 +1507,10 @@ static int scan_should_stop(void)
* This function may be called from either process or kthread context,
* hence the need to check for both stop conditions.
*/
- if (current->mm)
- return signal_pending(current);
+ if (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
+ return kthread_should_stop();

- return kthread_should_stop();
+ return signal_pending(current);
}

/*
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