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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/fork.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/fork.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index 44fba5e5e916..fbe9dfcd8680 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -1299,13 +1299,20 @@ void mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm) complete_vfork_done(tsk); } -/* - * Allocate a new mm structure and copy contents from the - * mm structure of the passed in task structure. +/** + * dup_mm() - duplicates an existing mm structure + * @tsk: the task_struct with which the new mm will be associated. + * @oldmm: the mm to duplicate. + * + * Allocates a new mm structure and duplicates the provided @oldmm structure + * content into it. + * + * Return: the duplicated mm or NULL on failure. */ -static struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk) +static struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk, + struct mm_struct *oldmm) { - struct mm_struct *mm, *oldmm = current->mm; + struct mm_struct *mm; int err; mm = allocate_mm(); @@ -1372,7 +1379,7 @@ static int copy_mm(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk) } retval = -ENOMEM; - mm = dup_mm(tsk); + mm = dup_mm(tsk, current->mm); if (!mm) goto fail_nomem; @@ -2187,6 +2194,11 @@ struct task_struct *fork_idle(int cpu) return task; } +struct mm_struct *copy_init_mm(void) +{ + return dup_mm(NULL, &init_mm); +} + /* * Ok, this is the main fork-routine. * |