activate_mm(9)

💅 activate_mm(9) 💅

hiii bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for activate_mm(9). This is the function that gets called after exec switches the current task to a new mm, to switch to it. iconic behavior, honestly ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

activate_mm — called after exec switches the current task to a new mm, to switch to it

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void activate_mm (struct mm_struct *prev_mm , struct mm_struct *next_mm );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• prev_mm — previous mm of this task, aka the old mm this task was rocking before
• next_mm — new mm, the fresh one it's switching into

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./include/asm-generic/mmu_context.h
• init_new_context(9)
• destroy_context(9)

xoxo, your kernel bestie 💜 — source/version ./include/asm-generic, dated October 2026, and it’s literally the activate_mm(9) page. periodt 🫶