linux-kernel - Re: [-mm] Add an owner to the mm

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Message-ID: <47FEEF6F.2000505@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:26:15 +0530
From:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>,
	Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Sudhir Kumar <skumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamamoto@...inux.co.jp>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, taka@...inux.co.jp,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [-mm] Add an owner to the mm_struct (v9)

KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:17:35 +0530
> Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> Good question. It is possible that clone() was called with CLONE_VM without
>> CLONE_THREAD. In which case we have threads sharing the VM without a thread
>> group leader. Please see zap_threads() for a similar search pattern.
>>
> Oh. thank you for kindly explanation.
> 
> I'll test this on 2.6.25-rc8-mm2.
> 

Thanks for the review and help with testing.

-- 
	Warm Regards,
	Balbir Singh
	Linux Technology Center
	IBM, ISTL
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