linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] remove duplicate asm/mman.h files

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Date:	Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:31:25 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, ebmunson@...ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-man@...r.kernel.org, mtk.manpages@...il.com,
	randy.dunlap@...cle.com, rth@...ddle.net, ink@...assic.park.msu.ru,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove duplicate asm/mman.h files

On Friday 18 September 2009, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Sep 2009, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>
> > -#define MCL_CURRENT	1		/* lock all current mappings */
> > -#define MCL_FUTURE	2		/* lock all future mappings */
> > +#define MAP_GROWSUP	0x0200		/* register stack-like segment */
> >  
> >  #ifdef __KERNEL__
> >  #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
> 
> ia64 doesn't use MAP_GROWSUP, so it's probably not necessary to carry it 
> along with your cleanup.

ia64 is the only architecture defining it, nobody uses it in the kernel.
If the ia64 maintainers want to remove it in a separate patch, that
would probably be a good idea.

I tried not to change the ABI in any way in my patch, and there is
a theoretical possibility that some user space program on ia64 currently
depends on that definition.

	Arnd <><
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