1. 在linux内核中, task_struct 表示一个进程的实例
cpp
struct task_struct{
[...]
struct mm_struct *mm, *active_mm;
[...]
}
2. mm_struct 表示进程的内存映射
cpp
struct mm_struct {
struct vm_area_struct *mmap;
unsigned long mmap_base;
unsigned long task_size;
unsigned long highest_vm_end;
pgd_t * pgd;
atomic_t mm_users;
atomic_t mm_count;
atomic_long_t nr_ptes;
#if CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS > 2
atomic_long_t nr_pmds;
#endif
int map_count;
spinlock_t page_table_lock;
unsigned long total_vm;
unsigned long locked_vm;
unsigned long pinned_vm;
unsigned long data_vm;
unsigned long exec_vm;
unsigned long stack_vm;
unsigned long start_code, end_code, start_data, end_data;
unsigned long start_brk, brk, start_stack;
unsigned long arg_start, arg_end, env_start, env_end;
/* ref to file /proc/<pid>/exe symlink points to */
struct file __rcu *exe_file;
};
其中 pdg 表示进程的一级页表,
start_stack 表示用户栈起始地址,
mmap_base表示映射区域的起始地址(动态库.so, mmap系统调用映射的文件),
start_brk 表示堆起始地址,
brk 表示堆结束的地址,
start_data 表示数据段起始地址,
end_data 表示数据段结束地址,
end_code 表示代码段结束地址
3. task_struct 和 mm_struct 的关系如图:

4. 虚拟内存区域:
如前所述,mm_struct 里面有一个 mmap 成员,它表示进程内存映射的一个区域(VMA),VMA(Virtual Memory Area)即虚拟内存区域。 在Linux中,每个正在运行的进程都会有多个VMA,如代码段,数据段,堆栈段,文件映射区域等。
cpp
struct vm_area_struct {
unsigned long vm_start;
unsigned long vm_end;
struct vm_area_struct *vm_next, *vm_prev;
struct mm_struct *vm_mm;
pgprot_t vm_page_prot;
unsigned long vm_flags;
unsigned long vm_pgoff;
struct file * vm_file;
[...]
}
5. task_struct, mm_struct, vm_area_struct 关系图
