Re: [PATCH v6 11/18] perf: Use current->flags & PF_KTHREAD instead of current->mm == NULL

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Fri Apr 25 2025 - 11:10:17 EST


On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 10:54:33AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> To determine if a task is a kernel thread or not, it is more reliable to
> use (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD) than to rely on current->mm being NULL.
> That is because some kernel tasks (io_uring helpers) may have a mm field.

There's a current->mm check in the user space unwinder (patch 1) which
should probably also be converted.

--
Josh