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The current active_mm reference counting is confusing and sub-optimal.
Rewrite the code to explicitly consider the 4 separate cases:
user -> user
When switching between two user tasks, all we need to consider
is switch_mm().
user -> kernel
When switching from a user task to a kernel task (which
doesn't have an associated mm) we retain the last mm in our
active_mm. Increment a reference count on active_mm.
kernel -> kernel
When switching between kernel threads, all we need to do is
pass along the active_mm reference.
kernel -> user
When switching between a kernel and user task, we must switch
from the last active_mm to the next mm, hoping of course that
these are the same. Decrement a reference on the active_mm.
The code keeps a different order, because as you'll note, both 'to
user' cases require switch_mm().
And where the old code would increment/decrement for the 'kernel ->
kernel' case, the new code observes this is a neutral operation and
avoids touching the reference count.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: luto@kernel.org
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| core.c | ||
| cpuacct.c | ||
| cpudeadline.c | ||
| cpudeadline.h | ||
| cpufreq_schedutil.c | ||
| cpufreq.c | ||
| cpupri.c | ||
| cpupri.h | ||
| cputime.c | ||
| deadline.c | ||
| debug.c | ||
| fair.c | ||
| features.h | ||
| idle.c | ||
| isolation.c | ||
| loadavg.c | ||
| Makefile | ||
| membarrier.c | ||
| pelt.c | ||
| pelt.h | ||
| psi.c | ||
| rt.c | ||
| sched-pelt.h | ||
| sched.h | ||
| stats.c | ||
| stats.h | ||
| stop_task.c | ||
| swait.c | ||
| topology.c | ||
| wait_bit.c | ||
| wait.c | ||