include/linux/sched/user.h
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/linux/sched/user.h
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/linux/sched/user.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 1564 bytes
- Lines
- 57
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Uses kernel synchronization; read lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt context assumptions before translating.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/uidgid.hlinux/atomic.hlinux/percpu_counter.hlinux/refcount.hlinux/ratelimit.h
Detected Declarations
struct user_struct
Annotated Snippet
struct user_struct {
refcount_t __count; /* reference count */
#ifdef CONFIG_EPOLL
struct percpu_counter epoll_watches; /* The number of file descriptors currently watched */
#endif
unsigned long unix_inflight; /* How many files in flight in unix sockets */
atomic_long_t pipe_bufs; /* how many pages are allocated in pipe buffers */
/* Hash table maintenance information */
struct hlist_node uidhash_node;
kuid_t uid;
#if defined(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) || defined(CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL) || \
defined(CONFIG_NET) || defined(CONFIG_IO_URING) || \
defined(CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_ZDEV_KVM) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IOMMUFD)
atomic_long_t locked_vm;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_WATCH_QUEUE
atomic_t nr_watches; /* The number of watches this user currently has */
#endif
/* Miscellaneous per-user rate limit */
struct ratelimit_state ratelimit;
};
extern int uids_sysfs_init(void);
extern struct user_struct *find_user(kuid_t);
extern struct user_struct root_user;
#define INIT_USER (&root_user)
/* per-UID process charging. */
extern struct user_struct * alloc_uid(kuid_t);
static inline struct user_struct *get_uid(struct user_struct *u)
{
refcount_inc(&u->__count);
return u;
}
extern void free_uid(struct user_struct *);
#endif /* _LINUX_SCHED_USER_H */
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/uidgid.h`, `linux/atomic.h`, `linux/percpu_counter.h`, `linux/refcount.h`, `linux/ratelimit.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct user_struct`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
- Synchronization appears in or near this file; preserve lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt-context constraints.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.