On 09/22, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > However, this now becomes a pattern for the series, and that just makes me think > > "Why is this not a 'for_each_mm()' pattern helper?" And we already have other users. And note that oom_kill_process() does _not_ follow this pattern and that is why it is buggy. So this is funny, but I was thinking about almost the same, something like struct task_struct *next_task_with_mm(struct task_struct *p) { struct task_struct *t; p = p->group_leader; while ((p = next_task(p)) != &init_task) { if (p->flags & PF_KTHREAD) continue; t = find_lock_task_mm(p); if (t) return t; } return NULL; } #define for_each_task_lock_mm(p) for (p = &init_task; (p = next_task_with_mm(p)); task_unlock(p)) So that you can do for_each_task_lock_mm(p) { do_something_with(p->mm); if (some_condition()) { // UNFORTUNATELY you can't just do "break" task_unlock(p); break; } } do you think it makes sense? In fact it can't be simpler, we can move task_unlock() into next_task_with_mm(), it can check ->mm != NULL or p != init_task. Oleg. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>