Re: [PATCH] kthread: remove worker->task self-assignment

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, Sep 01, 2026 at 02:45:43PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Le Sat, Aug 29, 2026 at 04:18:48PM +0000, Bradley Morgan a écrit :
> > From: Bradley Morgan <brads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > All kthread worker users now create their workers with
> > kthread_create_worker*(), which sets worker->task before the worker
> > starts. The self-assignment in kthread_worker_fn() is dead code now.
> 
> How could it be created before?
> 
> > 
> > Remove it.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <brads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  kernel/kthread.c | 7 -------
> >  1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
> > index 63beb59b7a3d..18bc702e8d2d 100644
> > --- a/kernel/kthread.c
> > +++ b/kernel/kthread.c
> > @@ -987,13 +987,6 @@ int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr)
> >  	struct kthread_worker *worker = worker_ptr;
> >  	struct kthread_work *work;
> >  
> > -	/*
> > -	 * FIXME: Update the check and remove the assignment when all kthread
> > -	 * worker users are created using kthread_create_worker*() functions.
> > -	 */
> > -	WARN_ON(worker->task && worker->task != current);
> 
> Should we keep a WARN_ON(worker->task != current) here?

I vote yes! Paranoia is good :-)