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-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched.h4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 61ec12b5b77a..054168543a45 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -638,6 +638,8 @@ static inline void mmdrop(struct mm_struct * mm)
/* mmput gets rid of the mappings and all user-space */
extern void mmput(struct mm_struct *);
+/* Grab a reference to the mm if its not already going away */
+extern struct mm_struct *mmgrab(struct mm_struct *);
/* Remove the current tasks stale references to the old mm_struct */
extern void mm_release(struct task_struct *, struct mm_struct *);
@@ -745,7 +747,7 @@ static inline struct mm_struct * get_task_mm(struct task_struct * task)
task_lock(task);
mm = task->mm;
if (mm)
- atomic_inc(&mm->mm_users);
+ mm = mmgrab(mm);
task_unlock(task);
return mm;