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authorNadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>2019-04-26 03:11:25 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2019-04-30 13:37:51 +0300
commit13585fa0668c724efab9635aaeef6ec390217415 (patch)
tree9297a8546413b27537cdb4a699afcec63c3741c8
parentaad42dd44db086c79ca3f470ad563d2ac4ac218d (diff)
downloadlinux-13585fa0668c724efab9635aaeef6ec390217415.tar.xz
fork: Provide a function for copying init_mm
Provide a function for copying init_mm. This function will be later used for setting a temporary mm. Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> Cc: <deneen.t.dock@intel.com> Cc: <kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com> Cc: <kristen@linux.intel.com> Cc: <linux_dti@icloud.com> Cc: <will.deacon@arm.com> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-6-namit@vmware.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched/task.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/fork.c24
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task.h b/include/linux/sched/task.h
index 2e97a2227045..f1227f2c38a4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/task.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ extern void exit_itimers(struct signal_struct *);
extern long _do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *, unsigned long);
extern long do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *);
struct task_struct *fork_idle(int);
+struct mm_struct *copy_init_mm(void);
extern pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags);
extern long kernel_wait4(pid_t, int __user *, int, struct rusage *);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 44fba5e5e916..fbe9dfcd8680 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1299,13 +1299,20 @@ void mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
complete_vfork_done(tsk);
}
-/*
- * Allocate a new mm structure and copy contents from the
- * mm structure of the passed in task structure.
+/**
+ * dup_mm() - duplicates an existing mm structure
+ * @tsk: the task_struct with which the new mm will be associated.
+ * @oldmm: the mm to duplicate.
+ *
+ * Allocates a new mm structure and duplicates the provided @oldmm structure
+ * content into it.
+ *
+ * Return: the duplicated mm or NULL on failure.
*/
-static struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk)
+static struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk,
+ struct mm_struct *oldmm)
{
- struct mm_struct *mm, *oldmm = current->mm;
+ struct mm_struct *mm;
int err;
mm = allocate_mm();
@@ -1372,7 +1379,7 @@ static int copy_mm(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
}
retval = -ENOMEM;
- mm = dup_mm(tsk);
+ mm = dup_mm(tsk, current->mm);
if (!mm)
goto fail_nomem;
@@ -2187,6 +2194,11 @@ struct task_struct *fork_idle(int cpu)
return task;
}
+struct mm_struct *copy_init_mm(void)
+{
+ return dup_mm(NULL, &init_mm);
+}
+
/*
* Ok, this is the main fork-routine.
*