linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, RFD]: Unbreak no-mmu mmap

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:26:19 -0400
From:	Robin Getz <rgetz@...ckfin.uclinux.org>
To:	"Bernd Schmidt" <bernds_cb1@...nline.de>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David Howells" <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	"Wu, Bryan" <Bryan.Wu@...log.com>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Greg Ungerer" <gerg@...pgear.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFD]: Unbreak no-mmu mmap

On Fri 8 Jun 2007 09:53, Bernd Schmidt pondered:
> Here's a patch to move nommu mmap/munmap ever so slightly closer to mmu
> behaviour.  The motivation for this is to be able to deselect uClibc's
> UCLIBC_UCLINUX_BROKEN_MUNMAP config option, which speeds up malloc a
> fair bit.  I'm interested in comments whether this is a good direction
> to go.  The patch is against Linus' tree as of a few minutes ago.

I'm assuming that since no one had any large objections, that this is OK, and 
we should send to Andrew to live in -mm for awhile?

-Robin
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