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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/sched.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sched.h | 50 |
1 files changed, 46 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index c8e519d0b4a3..4a28deb5f210 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -846,10 +846,6 @@ struct user_struct { atomic_t __count; /* reference count */ atomic_t processes; /* How many processes does this user have? */ atomic_t sigpending; /* How many pending signals does this user have? */ -#ifdef CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER - atomic_t inotify_watches; /* How many inotify watches does this user have? */ - atomic_t inotify_devs; /* How many inotify devs does this user have opened? */ -#endif #ifdef CONFIG_FANOTIFY atomic_t fanotify_listeners; #endif @@ -2908,6 +2904,28 @@ static inline unsigned long sigsp(unsigned long sp, struct ksignal *ksig) */ extern struct mm_struct * mm_alloc(void); +/** + * mmgrab() - Pin a &struct mm_struct. + * @mm: The &struct mm_struct to pin. + * + * Make sure that @mm will not get freed even after the owning task + * exits. This doesn't guarantee that the associated address space + * will still exist later on and mmget_not_zero() has to be used before + * accessing it. + * + * This is a preferred way to to pin @mm for a longer/unbounded amount + * of time. + * + * Use mmdrop() to release the reference acquired by mmgrab(). + * + * See also <Documentation/vm/active_mm.txt> for an in-depth explanation + * of &mm_struct.mm_count vs &mm_struct.mm_users. + */ +static inline void mmgrab(struct mm_struct *mm) +{ + atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count); +} + /* mmdrop drops the mm and the page tables */ extern void __mmdrop(struct mm_struct *); static inline void mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm) @@ -2930,6 +2948,27 @@ static inline void mmdrop_async(struct mm_struct *mm) } } +/** + * mmget() - Pin the address space associated with a &struct mm_struct. + * @mm: The address space to pin. + * + * Make sure that the address space of the given &struct mm_struct doesn't + * go away. This does not protect against parts of the address space being + * modified or freed, however. + * + * Never use this function to pin this address space for an + * unbounded/indefinite amount of time. + * + * Use mmput() to release the reference acquired by mmget(). + * + * See also <Documentation/vm/active_mm.txt> for an in-depth explanation + * of &mm_struct.mm_count vs &mm_struct.mm_users. + */ +static inline void mmget(struct mm_struct *mm) +{ + atomic_inc(&mm->mm_users); +} + static inline bool mmget_not_zero(struct mm_struct *mm) { return atomic_inc_not_zero(&mm->mm_users); @@ -3051,6 +3090,9 @@ extern bool current_is_single_threaded(void); #define for_each_process_thread(p, t) \ for_each_process(p) for_each_thread(p, t) +typedef int (*proc_visitor)(struct task_struct *p, void *data); +void walk_process_tree(struct task_struct *top, proc_visitor, void *); + static inline int get_nr_threads(struct task_struct *tsk) { return tsk->signal->nr_threads; |