Re: [PATCH 05/12] mm: Introduce arch_pgd_init_late()

[Ingo Molnar]

* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 06/11, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > @@ -1592,6 +1592,22 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
> >  	syscall_tracepoint_update(p);
> >  	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
> >  
> > +	/*
> > +	 * If we have a new PGD then initialize it:
> > +	 *
> > +	 * This method is called after a task has been made visible
> > +	 * on the task list already.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * Architectures that manage per task kernel pagetables
> > +	 * might use this callback to initialize them after they
> > +	 * are already visible to new updates.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * NOTE: any user-space parts of the PGD are already initialized
> > +	 *       and must not be clobbered.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (p->mm != current->mm)
> > +		arch_pgd_init_late(p->mm, p->mm->pgd);
> > +
> 
> Cosmetic, but imo
> 
> 	if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_VM))
> 		arch_pgd_init_late(...);
> 
> will look better and more consistent.

Indeed - fixed.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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