static int copy_mm(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct * tsk)
{
struct mm_struct * mm, *oldmm;
int retval;
tsk->min_flt = tsk->maj_flt = 0;
tsk->nvcsw = tsk->nivcsw = 0;
#ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK
tsk->last_switch_count = tsk->nvcsw + tsk->nivcsw;
#endif
tsk->mm = NULL;
tsk->active_mm = NULL;
/*
* Are we cloning a kernel thread?
*
* We need to steal a active VM for that..
*/
oldmm = current->mm;
if (!oldmm)
return 0;
if (clone_flags & CLONE_VM) {
atomic_inc(&oldmm->mm_users);
mm = oldmm;
goto good_mm;
}
retval = -ENOMEM;
mm = dup_mm(tsk);
if (!mm)
goto fail_nomem;
good_mm:
/* Initializing for Swap token stuff */
mm->token_priority = 0;
mm->last_interval = 0;
if (tsk->signal->oom_score_adj == OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN)
atomic_inc(&mm->oom_disable_count);
tsk->mm = mm;
tsk->active_mm = mm;
return 0;
fail_nomem:
return retval;
}
这段代码需要注意两个问题,一个是task_struct中的mm和activemm指针的指向问题,在前面的文章中已经讨论过了;我们重点看第二个问题,也是这个函数的核心,即
mm=dup_mm(tsk)
dup_mm的代码如下:
/*
* Allocate a new mm structure and copy contents from the
* mm structure of the passed in task structure.
*/
struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
struct mm_struct *mm, *oldmm = current->mm;
int err;
if (!oldmm)
return NULL;
mm = allocate_mm(); //在专用高速缓存中分配一个mm结构
if (!mm)
goto fail_nomem;
memcpy(mm, oldmm, sizeof(*mm)); //将父进程的mm拷贝给子进程
mm_init_cpumask(mm);
/* Initializing for Swap token stuff */
mm->token_priority = 0;
mm->last_interval = 0;
#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
mm->pmd_huge_pte = NULL;
#endif
if (!mm_init(mm, tsk))
goto fail_nomem;
if (init_new_context(tsk, mm))
goto fail_nocontext;
dup_mm_exe_file(oldmm, mm);
err = dup_mmap(mm, oldmm);
if (err)
goto free_pt;
mm->hiwater_rss = get_mm_rss(mm);
mm->hiwater_vm = mm->total_vm;
if (mm->binfmt && !try_module_get(mm->binfmt->module))
goto free_pt;
return mm;
free_pt:
/* don't put binfmt in mmput, we haven't got module yet */
mm->binfmt = NULL;
mmput(mm);
fail_nomem:
return NULL;
fail_nocontext:
/*
* If init_new_context() failed, we cannot use mmput() to free the mm
* because it calls destroy_context()
*/
mm_free_pgd(mm);
free_mm(mm);
return NULL;
}
先来看函数中的关键操作mm_init(mm,tsk);
static struct mm_struct * mm_init(struct mm_struct * mm, struct task_struct *p)
{
atomic_set(&mm->mm_users, 1);
atomic_set(&mm->mm_count, 1);
init_rwsem(&mm->mmap_sem);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mm->mmlist);
mm->flags = (current->mm) ?
(current->mm->flags & MMF_INIT_MASK) : default_dump_filter;
mm->core_state = NULL;
mm->nr_ptes = 0;
memset(&mm->rss_stat, 0, sizeof(mm->rss_stat));
spin_lock_init(&mm->page_table_lock);
mm->free_area_cache = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
mm->cached_hole_size = ~0UL;
mm_init_aio(mm);
mm_init_owner(mm, p);
atomic_set(&mm->oom_disable_count, 0);
/*以上代码初始化mm的数据成员*/
/*关键是下面的mm_alloc_pgd(m