Hi, I fail to understand the difference between task->mm and task->active_mm. I've noticed that upon forking a task, both mm and active_mm get the same memory descriptor. when will the active mm be different the the task's mm ? even kernel threads, who obviously don't have any user address space, use the previous mm/active_mm as a way to reach kernel memory areas. so why have two different pointers ? thanks a lot, Roy. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
