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The way the per task_struct exit_code is used by kernel threads is not
quite compatible how it is used by userspace applications. The low
byte of the userspace exit_code value encodes the exit signal. While
kthreads just use the value as an int holding ordinary kernel function
exit status like -EPERM.
Add kthread_exit to clearly separate the two kinds of uses.
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Stable-dep-of: ca3574bd653a ("exit: Rename module_put_and_exit to module_put_and_kthread_exit")
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
