linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/2] fs, proc: Introduce the /proc/<pid>/map

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Date:	Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:24:29 +0400
From:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>,
	Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
	"containers@...ts.osdl.org" <containers@...ts.osdl.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nathan Lynch <ntl@...ox.com>,
	"kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" 
	<kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
	Oren Laadan <orenl@...columbia.edu>,
	Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@...ibm.com>,
	Glauber Costa <glommer@...allels.com>,
	James Bottomley <jbottomley@...allels.com>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] fs, proc: Introduce the /proc/<pid>/map_files/ directory
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On 09/09/2011 03:52 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 10:04:05 +0400
> Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>> fs, proc: Introduce the /proc/<pid>/map_files/ directory v11
> 
> Ho hum, I've pretty much run out of excuses to avoid merging this.
> 
> except...
> 
> We don't really want to bloat fs/proc/base.o by 4k until all the other
> things which support c/r are mergeable and we know that the whole
> project is actually useful.  When will we be at this stage?

Well, I see no other stuff that will be required for us in the nearest
future (well, and in the not-so-near future as well) in the fs/proc/base.o
to checkpoint or restore a task.

Thanks,
Pavel
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