[PATCH v6 1/3] exec: Remove obsolete comments

Bhupesh posted 3 patches 2 months, 1 week ago
There is a newer version of this series
[PATCH v6 1/3] exec: Remove obsolete comments
Posted by Bhupesh 2 months, 1 week ago
Patch 3a3f61ce5e0b ("exec: Make sure task->comm is always NUL-terminated"),
replaced 'strscpy_pad()' with 'memcpy()' implementations inside
'__set_task_comm()'.

However a few left-over comments are still there, which mention
the usage of 'strscpy_pad()' inside '__set_task_comm()'.

Remove those obsolete comments.

While at it, also remove an obsolete comment regarding 'task_lock()'
usage while handing 'task->comm'.

Signed-off-by: Bhupesh <bhupesh@igalia.com>
---
 include/linux/sched.h | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 84449f847256..8bbd03f1b978 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1156,10 +1156,8 @@ struct task_struct {
 	 *
 	 * - normally initialized begin_new_exec()
 	 * - set it with set_task_comm()
-	 *   - strscpy_pad() to ensure it is always NUL-terminated and
+	 *   - logic inside set_task_comm() will ensure it is always NUL-terminated and
 	 *     zero-padded
-	 *   - task_lock() to ensure the operation is atomic and the name is
-	 *     fully updated.
 	 */
 	char				comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
 
@@ -1965,7 +1963,7 @@ extern void __set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, const char *from, bool exec
  *   User space can randomly change their names anyway, so locking for readers
  *   doesn't make sense. For writers, locking is probably necessary, as a race
  *   condition could lead to long-term mixed results.
- *   The strscpy_pad() in __set_task_comm() can ensure that the task comm is
+ *   The logic inside __set_task_comm() should ensure that the task comm is
  *   always NUL-terminated and zero-padded. Therefore the race condition between
  *   reader and writer is not an issue.
  *
-- 
2.38.1
Re: [PATCH v6 1/3] exec: Remove obsolete comments
Posted by Kees Cook 2 months, 1 week ago
On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 06:06:10PM +0530, Bhupesh wrote:
> Patch 3a3f61ce5e0b ("exec: Make sure task->comm is always NUL-terminated"),
> replaced 'strscpy_pad()' with 'memcpy()' implementations inside
> '__set_task_comm()'.
> 
> However a few left-over comments are still there, which mention
> the usage of 'strscpy_pad()' inside '__set_task_comm()'.
> 
> Remove those obsolete comments.
> 
> While at it, also remove an obsolete comment regarding 'task_lock()'
> usage while handing 'task->comm'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhupesh <bhupesh@igalia.com>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>

-- 
Kees Cook