1 files changed, 12 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 84bbadd4d021..4ebaf8519abf 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
 
         /* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
         __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+        create->result = current;
         complete(&create->started);
         schedule();
 
@@ -96,22 +97,10 @@ static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
 
         /* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
         pid = kernel_thread(kthread, create, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
-        if (pid < 0) {
+        if (pid < 0)
                 create->result = ERR_PTR(pid);
-        } else {
-                struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
+        else
                 wait_for_completion(&create->started);
-                read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-                create->result = find_task_by_pid_ns(pid, &init_pid_ns);
-                read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
-                /*
-                 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
-                 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
-                 */
-                sched_setscheduler(create->result, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
-                set_user_nice(create->result, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
-                set_cpus_allowed_ptr(create->result, cpu_all_mask);
-        }
         complete(&create->done);
 }
 
@@ -154,11 +143,20 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
         wait_for_completion(&create.done);
 
         if (!IS_ERR(create.result)) {
+                struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
                 va_list args;
+
                 va_start(args, namefmt);
                 vsnprintf(create.result->comm, sizeof(create.result->comm),
                           namefmt, args);
                 va_end(args);
+                /*
+                 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
+                 * 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;
 }