On Sun, 18 Dec 2016 13:32:27 +0100 Vegard Nossum <[email protected]> wrote:
> Apart from adding the helper function itself, the rest of the kernel is > converted mechanically using: > > git grep -l 'atomic_inc.*mm_users' | xargs sed -i > 's/atomic_inc(&\(.*\)->mm_users);/mmget\(\1\);/' > git grep -l 'atomic_inc.*mm_users' | xargs sed -i > 's/atomic_inc(&\(.*\)\.mm_users);/mmget\(\&\1\);/' > > This is needed for a later patch that hooks into the helper, but might be > a worthwhile cleanup on its own. > > ... > mmgrap() and mmget() naming is really quite confusing. > --- a/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c > +++ b/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c > @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void start_kernel_secondary(void) > /* MMU, Caches, Vector Table, Interrupts etc */ > setup_processor(); > > - atomic_inc(&mm->mm_users); > + mmget(mm); I wonder if mmuse() would be a bit clearer than mmget(). Although that sounds like use_mm().
