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From:   Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: in_compat_syscall() returns from kernel thread for X86_32.
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On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 07:37:42PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:

> I could get on board with:
> 
> ({WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD); true})
> 
> The point of these accessors is to be used *in a syscall*.
> 
> What on Earth is Lustre doing that makes it have this problem?

	Plays with timestamps from a kernel thread, perhaps?
See the old .su joke about adenoidectomy with rectal access
for possible reasons for doing it that way...