linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RFC] add MAP

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Date:	Wed, 7 Oct 2009 20:50:54 +0200
From:	Olivier Galibert <galibert@...ox.com>
To:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>
Cc:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] add MAP_UNLOCKED mmap flag

On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 02:16:03PM +0200, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> I did. It allows me to achieve something I can't now. Steps you provide
> just don't fit my needs. I need all memory areas (current and feature) to be
> locked except one. Very big one. You propose to lock memory at some
> arbitrary point and from that point on all newly mapped memory areas will
> be unlocked. Don't you see it is different?

What about mlockall(MCL_CURRENT); mmap(...); mlockall(MCL_FUTURE);?
Or toggle MCL_FUTURE if a mlockall call can stop it?

  OG.
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