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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index dcfe724300e..0ac887882f9 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <asm/semaphore.h>
+#define KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL (-5)
+
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock);
static LIST_HEAD(kthread_create_list);
struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
@@ -94,10 +96,18 @@ static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
if (pid < 0) {
create->result = ERR_PTR(pid);
} else {
+ struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
wait_for_completion(&create->started);
read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
create->result = find_task_by_pid(pid);
read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ /*
+ * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
+ * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
+ */
+ sched_setscheduler(create->result, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
+ set_user_nice(create->result, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
+ set_cpus_allowed(create->result, CPU_MASK_ALL);
}
complete(&create->done);
}
@@ -221,7 +231,7 @@ int kthreadd(void *unused)
/* Setup a clean context for our children to inherit. */
set_task_comm(tsk, "kthreadd");
ignore_signals(tsk);
- set_user_nice(tsk, -5);
+ set_user_nice(tsk, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
set_cpus_allowed(tsk, CPU_MASK_ALL);
current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE;