unwind: Add comment to unwind_deferred_task_exit()

Explain why unwind_deferred_task_exit() exist and its constraints.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250924080118.893367437@infradead.org

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 9f74e8f..5f6e78e 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -939,7 +939,6 @@ void __noreturn do_exit(long code)
 
        tsk->exit_code = code;
        taskstats_exit(tsk, group_dead);
-       unwind_deferred_task_exit(tsk);
        trace_sched_process_exit(tsk, group_dead);
 
        /*
@@ -950,6 +949,12 @@ void __noreturn do_exit(long code)
         * gets woken up by child-exit notifications.
         */
        perf_event_exit_task(tsk);
+       /*
+        * PF_EXITING (above) ensures unwind_deferred_request() will no
+        * longer add new unwinds. While exit_mm() (below) will destroy the
+        * abaility to do unwinds. So flush any pending unwinds here.
+        */
+       unwind_deferred_task_exit(tsk);
 
        exit_mm();