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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 9b1a7de2697..5fe709982ca 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <trace/events/sched.h>
-#define KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL (-5)
-
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock);
static LIST_HEAD(kthread_create_list);
struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
@@ -145,7 +143,6 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
* The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
*/
sched_setscheduler_nocheck(create.result, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
- set_user_nice(create.result, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
set_cpus_allowed_ptr(create.result, cpu_all_mask);
}
return create.result;
@@ -180,10 +177,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
* @k: thread created by kthread_create().
*
* Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
- * waits for it to exit. Your threadfn() must not call do_exit()
- * itself if you use this function! This can also be called after
- * kthread_create() instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread
- * will exit without calling threadfn().
+ * waits for it to exit. This can also be called after kthread_create()
+ * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will exit without
+ * calling threadfn().
+ *
+ * If threadfn() may call do_exit() itself, the caller must ensure
+ * task_struct can't go away.
*
* Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
* was never called.
@@ -219,7 +218,6 @@ 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, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpu_all_mask);
set_mems_allowed(node_possible_map);