linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, v3] shmat: introduce flag SHM_MAP_NOT

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Message-ID: <20081008093526.GA4986@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 8 Oct 2008 12:35:27 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH, v3] shmat: introduce flag SHM_MAP_NOT_FIXED

On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 10:57:21AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> Kirill,
> 
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@...temov.name> wrote:
> > If SHM_MAP_NOT_FIXED specified and shmaddr is not NULL, then the kernel takes
> > shmaddr as a hint about where to place the mapping. The address of the mapping
> > is returned as the result of the call.
> >
> > It's similar to mmap() without MAP_FIXED.
> 
> Please CC linux-api@...r.kernel.org on patches that change the
> kernel-userspace interface.

Ok, I will.

-- 
Regards,  Kirill A. Shutemov
 + Belarus, Minsk
 + ALT Linux Team, http://www.altlinux.com/

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