From: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
Add some comments about task->comm, to explain what it is near its definition
and provide some important pointers to its uses.
Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
---
25-akpm/fs/exec.c | 4 +++-
25-akpm/include/linux/sched.h | 7 +++++--
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/exec.c~comments-on-locking-of-task-comm fs/exec.c
--- 25/fs/exec.c~comments-on-locking-of-task-comm 2005-03-30 18:03:21.000000000 -0800
+++ 25-akpm/fs/exec.c 2005-03-30 18:03:21.000000000 -0800
@@ -868,9 +868,11 @@ int flush_old_exec(struct linux_binprm *
if (current->euid == current->uid && current->egid == current->gid)
current->mm->dumpable = 1;
name = bprm->filename;
+
+ /* Copies the binary name from after last slash */
for (i=0; (ch = *(name++)) != '\0';) {
if (ch == '/')
- i = 0;
+ i = 0; /* overwrite what we wrote */
else
if (i < (sizeof(tcomm) - 1))
tcomm[i++] = ch;
diff -puN include/linux/sched.h~comments-on-locking-of-task-comm include/linux/sched.h
--- 25/include/linux/sched.h~comments-on-locking-of-task-comm 2005-03-30 18:03:21.000000000 -0800
+++ 25-akpm/include/linux/sched.h 2005-03-30 18:03:21.000000000 -0800
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ struct task_struct {
unsigned long flags; /* per process flags, defined below */
unsigned long ptrace;
- int lock_depth; /* Lock depth */
+ int lock_depth; /* BKL lock depth */
int prio, static_prio;
struct list_head run_list;
@@ -698,7 +698,10 @@ struct task_struct {
unsigned char jit_keyring; /* default keyring to attach requested keys to */
#endif
int oomkilladj; /* OOM kill score adjustment (bit shift). */
- char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
+ char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN]; /* executable name excluding path
+ - access with [gs]et_task_comm (which lock
+ it with task_lock())
+ - initialized normally by flush_old_exec */
/* file system info */
int link_count, total_link_count;
/* ipc stuff */
_