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From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: "Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
	"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
	"Lorenzo Stoakes" <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>,
	"Vlastimil Babka" <vbabka@suse.cz>,
	"John Hubbard" <jhubbard@nvidia.com>,
	"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>,
	"Christian Brauner" <brauner@kernel.org>,
	"Jann Horn" <jannh@google.com>,
	"Suren Baghdasaryan" <surenb@google.com>,
	"Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>,
	"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
	"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
	"Benno Lossin" <benno.lossin@proton.me>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org,
	"Andreas Hindborg" <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 8/8] task: rust: rework how current is accessed
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:30:05 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z0Dbvbj39c87EQTq@casper.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6740d8be.050a0220.30b282.4f2e@mx.google.com>

On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 11:17:15AM -0800, Boqun Feng wrote:
> > I don't think this is a problem? As long as a thread exists somewhere
> > with `current` being equal to the task, we should be fine?
> > 
> 
> I think I had a misunderstanding on what you meant by "operations
> that are only valid on the current task", you mean these operations can
> be run by other threads, but it has to be *on* a task_struct that's
> "currently running", right? BTW, you probably want to reword a bit,
> because the "current" task may be blocked, so technically it's not
> "running".
> 
> Basically, the operations that `CurrentTask` have are the methods that
> are safe to call (even on a different thread) for the "current" task, as
> long as it exists (not dead or exited). In that definition, not being
> `Sync` is fine.
> 
> But I have to admit I'm a bit worried that people may be confused, and
> add new methods that can be only run by the current thread in the
> future.

I agree, I think CurrentTask should refer to "current".  Or we'll
confuse everyone.  Would ActiveTask be a good name for this CurrentTask?


  reply	other threads:[~2024-11-22 19:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-11-22 15:40 [PATCH v9 0/8] Rust support for mm_struct, vm_area_struct, and mmap Alice Ryhl
2024-11-22 15:40 ` [PATCH v9 1/8] mm: rust: add abstraction for struct mm_struct Alice Ryhl
2024-11-22 17:27   ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2024-11-22 15:40 ` [PATCH v9 2/8] mm: rust: add vm_area_struct methods that require read access Alice Ryhl
2024-11-26 22:09   ` Jann Horn
2024-11-27 12:01     ` Alice Ryhl
2024-11-27 15:40       ` Jann Horn
2024-11-27 15:45         ` Alice Ryhl
2024-11-27 16:16           ` Jann Horn
2024-11-29 11:44         ` Alice Ryhl
2024-11-29 11:58           ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2024-11-22 15:40 ` [PATCH v9 3/8] mm: rust: add vm_insert_page Alice Ryhl
2024-11-22 15:40 ` [PATCH v9 4/8] mm: rust: add lock_vma_under_rcu Alice Ryhl
2024-11-26 21:50   ` Jann Horn
2024-11-22 15:40 ` [PATCH v9 5/8] mm: rust: add mmput_async support Alice Ryhl
2024-11-22 15:40 ` [PATCH v9 6/8] mm: rust: add VmAreaNew for f_ops->mmap() Alice Ryhl
2024-11-22 17:33   ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2024-11-26 21:29   ` Jann Horn
2024-11-27 12:38     ` Alice Ryhl
2024-11-27 16:19       ` Jann Horn
2024-11-22 15:40 ` [PATCH v9 7/8] rust: miscdevice: add mmap support Alice Ryhl
2024-11-22 15:40 ` [PATCH v9 8/8] task: rust: rework how current is accessed Alice Ryhl
2024-11-22 15:53   ` Alice Ryhl
2024-11-22 17:34     ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2024-11-22 17:54   ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2024-11-22 18:51     ` Alice Ryhl
2024-11-22 18:03   ` Boqun Feng
2024-11-22 18:48     ` Alice Ryhl
2024-11-22 19:17       ` Boqun Feng
2024-11-22 19:30         ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2024-11-22 19:43           ` Alice Ryhl
2024-11-22 19:54             ` Matthew Wilcox
2024-11-22 20:16               ` Alice Ryhl
2024-11-26 17:14   ` Jann Horn
2024-11-27 12:35     ` Alice Ryhl
2024-11-27 15:52       ` Jann Horn
2024-11-27 15:57         ` Alice Ryhl
2024-11-27 16:18           ` Jann Horn

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