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x86/mm: Use mm_alloc() in poking_init()
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 19:38:21 +0000 (21:38 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 8 Aug 2023 17:56:36 +0000 (19:56 +0200)
commit3d1b8cfdd0c9e2d941f96b09738472ecf91bc599
tree928fc0645eb39b5718c82f792501f58c15358833
parentddcf05fe8850110fe521845b995dd1867d7517b7
x86/mm: Use mm_alloc() in poking_init()

commit 3f4c8211d982099be693be9aa7d6fc4607dff290 upstream.

Instead of duplicating init_mm, allocate a fresh mm. The advantage is
that mm_alloc() has much simpler dependencies. Additionally it makes
more conceptual sense, init_mm has no (and must not have) user state
to duplicate.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221025201057.816175235@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/x86/mm/init.c
include/linux/sched/task.h
kernel/fork.c