[PATCH 5/7] init: Deal with the init process being a user mode process

From: Eric W. Biederman
Date: Fri May 06 2022 - 10:16:13 EST


It is silly for user_mode_thread to leave PF_KTHREAD set
on the resulting task. Update the init process so that
it does not care if PF_KTHREAD is set or not.

Ensure do_populate_rootfs flushes all delayed fput work by calling
task_work_run. In the rare instance that async_schedule_domain calls
do_populate_rootfs synchronously it is possible do_populate_rootfs
will be called directly from the init process. At which point fput
will call "task_work_add(current, ..., TWA_RESUME)". The files on the
initramfs need to be completely put before we attempt to exec them
(which is before the code enters userspace). So call task_work_run
just in case there are any pending fput operations.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
init/initramfs.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 2f3d96dc3db6..41e7857d510d 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/namei.h>
#include <linux/init_syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/task_work.h>
#include <linux/umh.h>

static ssize_t __init xwrite(struct file *file, const char *p, size_t count,
@@ -703,6 +704,7 @@ static void __init do_populate_rootfs(void *unused, async_cookie_t cookie)
initrd_end = 0;

flush_delayed_fput();
+ task_work_run();
}

static ASYNC_DOMAIN_EXCLUSIVE(initramfs_domain);
--
2.35.3