From: Hugh Dickins exit_mmap resets various mm_struct fields, but the mm is well on its way out, and none of those fields matter by this point. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Index: linux-2.6/mm/mmap.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/mmap.c +++ linux-2.6/mm/mmap.c @@ -1948,12 +1948,6 @@ void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm) free_pgtables(&tlb, vma, FIRST_USER_ADDRESS, 0); tlb_finish_mmu(tlb, 0, end); - mm->mmap = mm->mmap_cache = NULL; - mm->mm_rb = RB_ROOT; - set_mm_counter(mm, rss, 0); - mm->total_vm = 0; - mm->locked_vm = 0; - spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock); /*