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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-06-23 11:53:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-06-23 11:53:03 +0200 |
| commit | 009b9fc98ddd83f9139fdabb12c0d7a8535d5421 (patch) | |
| tree | f7d3e182407d2ebe50a9b8db6361ac910027a1cf /include/linux/mm_types.h | |
| parent | 3711ccb07b7f0a13f4f1aa16a8fdca9c930f21ca (diff) | |
| parent | 481c5346d0981940ee63037eb53e4e37b0735c10 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/threadinfotip-x86-threadinfo-2008-06-23_09.53_Mon
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mm_types.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mm_types.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h index eb7c16cc9559..02a27ae78539 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h @@ -226,8 +226,17 @@ struct mm_struct { rwlock_t ioctx_list_lock; /* aio lock */ struct kioctx *ioctx_list; #ifdef CONFIG_MM_OWNER - struct task_struct *owner; /* The thread group leader that */ - /* owns the mm_struct. */ + /* + * "owner" points to a task that is regarded as the canonical + * user/owner of this mm. All of the following must be true in + * order for it to be changed: + * + * current == mm->owner + * current->mm != mm + * new_owner->mm == mm + * new_owner->alloc_lock is held + */ + struct task_struct *owner; #endif #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS |