linux-kernel - [patch 0/2] introduce /dev/hugetlb char device

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Date:	Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:40:22 -0700
From:	"Ken Chen" <kenchen@...gle.com>
To:	"Adam Litke" <agl@...ibm.com>,
	"William Lee Irwin III" <wli@...omorphy.com>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 0/2] introduce /dev/hugetlb char device

Introduce /dev/hugetlb device that behaves similar to /dev/zero for
allocating anonymous hugetlb page.  It is especially beneficial that
application developers can have an easy way to create MAP_PRIVATE
hugetlb mappings without all the fuss about the hugetlbfs filesystem.

Two follow on patches has more detail description for each changeset.

Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenchen@...gle.com>
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