path: root/kernel/fork.c

/*
 *  linux/kernel/fork.c
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Linus Torvalds
 */

/*
 *  'fork.c' contains the help-routines for the 'fork' system call
 * (see also entry.S and others).
 * Fork is rather simple, once you get the hang of it, but the memory
 * management can be a bitch. See 'mm/memory.c': 'copy_page_range()'
 */

#include <linux/config.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/unistd.h>
#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include <linux/completion.h>
#include <linux/namespace.h>
#include <linux/personality.h>
#include <linux/mempolicy.h>
#include <linux/sem.h>
#include <linux/file.h>
#include <linux/key.h>
#include <linux/binfmts.h>
#include <linux/mman.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/cpu.h>
#include <linux/cpuset.h>
#include <linux/security.h>
#include <linux/swap.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
#include <linux/futex.h>
#include <linux/ptrace.h>
#include <linux/mount.h>
#include <linux/audit.h>
#include <linux/profile.h>
#include <linux/rmap.h>
#include <linux/acct.h>

#include <asm/pgtable.h>
#include <asm/pgalloc.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
#include <asm/tlbflush.h>

/*
 * Protected counters by write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock)
 */
unsigned long total_forks;	/* Handle normal Linux uptimes. */
int nr_threads; 		/* The idle threads do not count.. */

int max_threads;		/* tunable limit on nr_threads */

DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, process_counts) = 0;

 __cacheline_aligned DEFINE_RWLOCK(tasklist_lock);  /* outer */

EXPORT_SYMBOL(tasklist_lock);

int nr_processes(void)
{
	int cpu;
	int total = 0;

	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
		total += per_cpu(process_counts, cpu);

	return total;
}

#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ALLOCATOR
# define alloc_task_struct()	kmem_cache_alloc(task_struct_cachep, GFP_KERNEL)
# define free_task_struct(tsk)	kmem_cache_free(task_struct_cachep, (tsk))
static kmem_cache_t *task_struct_cachep;
#endif

/* SLAB cache for signal_struct structures (tsk->signal) */
kmem_cache_t *signal_cachep;

/* SLAB cache for sighand_struct structures (tsk->sighand) */
kmem_cache_t *sighand_cachep;

/* SLAB cache for files_struct structures (tsk->files) */
kmem_cache_t *files_cachep;

/* SLAB cache for fs_struct structures (tsk->fs) */
kmem_cache_t *fs_cachep;

/* SLAB cache for vm_area_struct structures */
kmem_cache_t *vm_area_cachep;

/* SLAB cache for mm_struct structures (tsk->mm) */
static kmem_cache_t *mm_cachep;

void free_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
	free_thread_info(tsk->thread_info);
	free_task_struct(tsk);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_task);

void __put_task_struct(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
	WARN_ON(!(tsk->exit_state & (EXIT_DEAD | EXIT_ZOMBIE)));
	WARN_ON(atomic_read(&tsk->usage));
	WARN_ON(tsk == current);

	if (unlikely(tsk->audit_context))
		audit_free(tsk);
	security_task_free(tsk);
	free_uid(tsk->user);
	put_grou