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authorThorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>2026-04-01 18:20:41 +0300
committerKees Cook <kees@kernel.org>2026-04-01 22:26:07 +0300
commit9bf092c97b86af63694d9902b9e14047214ba76d (patch)
treed3a16c1cc3598cc9e5af86ad127cef39c1dfd8e9 /include
parent10cd6758e054e4002ccb409fef7dd2c6b7bbd549 (diff)
downloadlinux-9bf092c97b86af63694d9902b9e14047214ba76d.tar.xz
sched: update task_struct->comm comment
Since commit 3a3f61ce5e0b ("exec: Make sure task->comm is always NUL-terminated"), __set_task_comm() is unlocked and no longer uses strscpy_pad() - update the stale comment accordingly. Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260401152039.724811-4-thorsten.blum@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched.h9
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 074ad4ef3d81..43dfbcf1babe 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1158,12 +1158,9 @@ struct task_struct {
/*
* executable name, excluding path.
*
- * - normally initialized begin_new_exec()
- * - set it with set_task_comm()
- * - strscpy_pad() to ensure it is always NUL-terminated and
- * zero-padded
- * - task_lock() to ensure the operation is atomic and the name is
- * fully updated.
+ * - normally initialized by begin_new_exec()
+ * - set it with set_task_comm() to ensure it is always
+ * NUL-terminated and zero-padded
*/
char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];