linux-kernel - Re: Re : vm: weird behaviour when munmapping

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Date:	Tue, 21 Nov 2006 09:41:22 +0100
From:	"Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@...il.com>
To:	"Hugh Dickins" <hugh@...itas.com>
Cc:	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Re : vm: weird behaviour when munmapping

On 11/20/06, Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2006, Francis Moreau wrote:
> >
> > I end up to see "open(B), close(B)" sequence when unmapping a part of
> > the dumb device that I found strange. I think that "open(A') close(B)"
> > can give more information to the driver and reflect that B is unmapped
> > and A' is still mapped and becomes the new mapped area.
> > But it's may be just me...
>
> I think I do now get your point.  But your way round doesn't really

my fault, I think I wasn't very clear when explaining myself

> reflect what's going on either: the range A' was already open and now
> you open it again.  Until there's some driver actually needing more
> sophisticated treatment, let's just leave it the simple way it is.

Yes, I agree that both ways are not satisfacting. Maybe having
vma->resize() method would have been better, I dunno.

Anyways thanks for your answers.
-- 
Francis
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