I know that in user space, both processes and threads have corresponding task_structs.

I've also found information that kthreads have their own task_structs, with mm_struct=NULL.

But what I'm curious about is, do kernel and modules loaded via insmod/modprobe into the kernel also have their own task_structs?

I'm asking this because I've been using
in my own kernel module, but I'm not sure who current represents when executing the code in kernel module. Does it refer to a specific process, or does it point to the kernel itself?

I do that since I want to iterate all current mountpoints through access mnt_list in mount_namespace in my own kernel module

And I found the implement like the function is_local_mountpoint in fs/namespace.c https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/lat...mespace.c#L763

This has left me quite puzzled, so I'd like to ask for everyone's input.

This question is way beyond me, but a web search turned up a number of articles that might be germane.

This one looks like a good starting point.

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