linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] stub MADV

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Message-ID: <a36005b50705091015u3b0ccc3brb4cb99fc0fa29d82@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 9 May 2007 10:15:17 -0700
From:	"Ulrich Drepper" <drepper@...il.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Rik van Riel" <riel@...hat.com>,
	"Nick Piggin" <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	"Ulrich Drepper" <drepper@...hat.com>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"Jakub Jelinek" <jakub@...hat.com>, "Dave Jones" <davej@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] stub MADV_FREE implementation

On 5/8/07, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> And has Ulrich indicated that glibc would indeed go out ahead of
> the kernel in this fashion?

Rik is concerned to get a glibc version which allows him to test the
improvements.  That's really not a big problem.  We laready have a
patch for this and can provide appropriate RPMs easily.

I don't want to set a precedence for adding glibc support for phantom
features.  So, I would not add support to the official glibc anyway
until there is a fixed implementation which then also means a fixed
ABI.  So, Andrew, applying the patch won't do any good.
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