Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Jul 1999 01:18:48 +1000 | From | Martijn van Oosterhout <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Uniquely identifying memory usage |
| |
>The patch has one known issue that really ought to be solved if it >becomes actually a part of the kernel: It uses the process ID of the first >process to use a mm_struct as the ID for that struct. This means that >under the following scenario, the scheme fails:
Wouldn't it be a lot easier if the id was simply current->mm? Thus when CLONE_MM is used they get the same number. Guarenteed never to be reused while in use.
HTH,
Martijn van Oosterhout Australia
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |