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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/exec.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mm_types.h | 13 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index aeaa9791d8b..1f8a24aa1f8 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ static int exec_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm) tsk->active_mm = mm; activate_mm(active_mm, mm); task_unlock(tsk); - mm_update_next_owner(mm); + mm_update_next_owner(old_mm); arch_pick_mmap_layout(mm); if (old_mm) { up_read(&old_mm->mmap_sem); diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h index eb7c16cc955..02a27ae7853 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 |