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author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2008-05-17 17:12:24 +0200 |
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committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2008-05-17 17:12:24 +0200 |
commit | 538f0fd0f210c2ce5c585799f18d0e5c7cf6155e (patch) | |
tree | e9fa2b10ce5d92ac6bcd8ac55af1cd97bda3ec5d /include/linux/mm_types.h | |
parent | 3bb6fbf9969a8bbe4892968659239273d092e78a (diff) | |
parent | f26a3988917913b3d11b2bd741601a2c64ab9204 (diff) |
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/garttip-x86-gart-2008-05-17-15-12-25
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 |