linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] ksm: dont allow overlap memory addresses registrations.

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Message-ID: <20090507001907.GD16870@x200.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 6 May 2009 17:19:07 -0700
From:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...hat.com>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Izik Eidus <ieidus@...hat.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, chrisw@...hat.com, device@...ana.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, nickpiggin@...oo.com.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] ksm: dont allow overlap memory addresses
	registrations.

* Minchan Kim (minchan.kim@...il.com) wrote:
> I want to use this feature without appliation internal knowledge easily. 
> Maybe it can be useless without appliation behavior knowledge.
> But it will help various application experiments without much knowledge of application and recompile. 
> 
> ex) echo 'pid 0x8050000 0x100000' > sysfs or procfs or cgroup. 

Yes, this is common request.  Izik made some changes to enable a pid
based registration, just not been cleaned up and made available yet.

thanks,
-chris
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