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mm: clarify mm_struct.mm_{users,count} documentation 

Clarify documentation relating to mm_users and mm_count, and switch to
kernel-doc syntax.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161218123229.22952-4-vegard.nossum@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Vegard Nossum 2017-02-27 14:30:16 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 388f793455
commit b279ddc338
1 changed files with 21 additions and 2 deletions
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include/linux/mm_types.h
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@ -407,8 +407,27 @@ struct mm_struct {
unsigned long task_size; /* size of task vm space */
unsigned long highest_vm_end; /* highest vma end address */
pgd_t * pgd;
atomic_t mm_users; /* How many users with user space? */
atomic_t mm_count; /* How many references to "struct mm_struct" (users count as 1) */
/**
* @mm_users: The number of users including userspace.
*
* Use mmget()/mmget_not_zero()/mmput() to modify. When this drops
* to 0 (i.e. when the task exits and there are no other temporary
* reference holders), we also release a reference on @mm_count
* (which may then free the &struct mm_struct if @mm_count also
* drops to 0).
*/
atomic_t mm_users;
/**
* @mm_count: The number of references to &struct mm_struct
* (@mm_users count as 1).
*
* Use mmgrab()/mmdrop() to modify. When this drops to 0, the
* &struct mm_struct is freed.
*/
atomic_t mm_count;
atomic_long_t nr_ptes; /* PTE page table pages */
#if CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS > 2
atomic_long_t nr_pmds; /* PMD page table pages */