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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index ce4610316377..8ed4b4fbec7c 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -1208,18 +1208,18 @@ void kthread_destroy_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_destroy_worker);
-/*
- * use_mm
- * Makes the calling kernel thread take on the specified
- * mm context.
- * (Note: this routine is intended to be called only
- * from a kernel thread context)
+/**
+ * kthread_use_mm - make the calling kthread operate on an address space
+ * @mm: address space to operate on
*/
-void use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
+void kthread_use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
struct mm_struct *active_mm;
struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!(tsk->flags & PF_KTHREAD));
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(tsk->mm);
+
task_lock(tsk);
active_mm = tsk->active_mm;
if (active_mm != mm) {
@@ -1236,20 +1236,19 @@ void use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
if (active_mm != mm)
mmdrop(active_mm);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(use_mm);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_use_mm);
-/*
- * unuse_mm
- * Reverses the effect of use_mm, i.e. releases the
- * specified mm context which was earlier taken on
- * by the calling kernel thread
- * (Note: this routine is intended to be called only
- * from a kernel thread context)
+/**
+ * kthread_unuse_mm - reverse the effect of kthread_use_mm()
+ * @mm: address space to operate on
*/
-void unuse_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
+void kthread_unuse_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!(tsk->flags & PF_KTHREAD));
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!tsk->mm);
+
task_lock(tsk);
sync_mm_rss(mm);
tsk->mm = NULL;
@@ -1257,7 +1256,7 @@ void unuse_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
enter_lazy_tlb(mm, tsk);
task_unlock(tsk);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unuse_mm);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_unuse_mm);
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP
/**