linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] mmap.2: Add description of MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE and MAP

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Message-ID: <20180413111748.pnusziuap54hknrm@quack2.suse.cz>
Date:   Fri, 13 Apr 2018 13:17:48 +0200
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
        xfs <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mmap.2: Add description of MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE and
 MAP_SYNC

On Thu 12-04-18 20:20:12, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> 
> Thanks for both checking that phrasing. In the end I decided to reword
> the sentence a bot more substantially:
> 
>               In  conjunction  with  the  use of appropriate CPU
>               instructions, this provides users of such mappings
>               with a more efficient way of making data modifica‐
>               tions persistent.

Great, thanks for the improvement!

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR