linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] vmscan: make mapped executable pages the first class citizen

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Message-ID: <20090508230045.5346bd32@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 8 May 2009 23:00:45 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>, hannes@...xchg.org,
	peterz@...radead.org, riel@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	elladan@...imo.com, npiggin@...e.de, cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, minchan.kim@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] vmscan: make mapped executable pages the first
 class citizen

> The patch seems reasonable but the changelog and the (non-existent)
> design documentation could do with a touch-up.

Is it right that I as a user can do things like mmap my database
PROT_EXEC to get better database numbers by making other
stuff swap first ?

You seem to be giving everyone a "nice my process up" hack.

Alan
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