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Peter Zijlstra 139d025cda sched: Clean up active_mm reference counting
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
2019-08-08 09:09:30 +02:00
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Linux kernel
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