Add the comment to explain acct_arg_size(). Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/exec.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- 38/fs/exec.c~4_doc_acct_arg_size 2011-03-05 21:23:15.000000000 +0100 +++ 38/fs/exec.c 2011-03-05 21:23:33.000000000 +0100 @@ -164,7 +164,12 @@ out: } #ifdef CONFIG_MMU - +/* + * The nascent bprm->mm is not visible until exec_mmap() but it can + * use a lot of memory, account these pages in current->mm temporary + * for oom_badness()->get_mm_rss(). Once exec succeeds or fails, we + * change the counter back via acct_arg_size(0). + */ static void acct_arg_size(struct linux_binprm *bprm, unsigned long pages) { struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>