On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 04:34:06PM -0800, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
> From: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Provide a function for copying init_mm. This function will be later used
> for setting a temporary mm.
>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/sched/task.h | 1 +
> kernel/fork.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
> 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task.h b/include/linux/sched/task.h
> index 44c6f15800ff..c5a00a7b3beb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sched/task.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h
> @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ extern void exit_itimers(struct signal_struct *);
> extern long _do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *, unsigned long);
> extern long do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *);
> struct task_struct *fork_idle(int);
> +struct mm_struct *copy_init_mm(void);
> extern pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags);
> extern long kernel_wait4(pid_t, int __user *, int, struct rusage *);
>
> diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
> index b69248e6f0e0..d7b156c49f29 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 copy contents from the provided
s/copy/copies/
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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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