Re: [RFC][-mm] Add an owner to the mm_struct (v3)

[yamamoto@valinux.co.jp (YAMAMOTO Takashi)]

> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:03 PM, YAMAMOTO Takashi
> <yamamoto@valinux.co.jp> wrote:
> >
> >  changing mm->owner without notifying controllers makes it difficult to use.
> >  can you provide a notification mechanism?
> >
> 
> Yes, I think that call will need to be in the task_lock() critical
> section in which we update mm->owner.
> 
> Right now I think the only user that needs to be notified at that
> point is Balbir's virtual address limits controller.
> 
> Paul

i have some code for which i might want to use mm->owner.
it does somewhat complicated things like acquiring mm_sem and
traversing ptes in its ->attach hook.  (if you want to read the code, search
"Subject: [RFC][PATCH] another swap controller for cgroup" in ML archive.)

probably i don't need to use mm->owner, but it's better if mm->owner can
handle more cases anyway.

YAMAMOTO Takashi

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