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Add the new helper, try_to_set_owner(), which tries to update mm->owner once we see c->mm == mm. This way mm_update_next_owner() doesn't need to restart the list_for_each_entry/for_each_process loops from the very beginning if it races with exit/exec, it can just continue. Unlike the current code, try_to_set_owner() re-checks tsk->mm == mm before it drops tasklist_lock, so it doesn't need get/put_task_struct(). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240626152924.GA17933@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Jinliang Zheng <alexjlzheng@tencent.com> Cc: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Tycho Andersen <tandersen@netflix.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.