From 3677209239ed71d2654e73eecfab1dbec2af11a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 16:16:12 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] comments on locking of task->comm 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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/sched.h | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/sched.h') diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 5f868a588581..4dbb109022f3 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ 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; @@ -661,7 +661,10 @@ struct task_struct { struct key *thread_keyring; /* keyring private to this thread */ #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 */ -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b