linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/19] mm/mpol: Add MPOL_MF

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Message-ID: <CAHO5Pa2Ai6BzXFtTDBzuw4y=tzk9G4DA=9cRBojVjjMB9mtT0w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 1 Oct 2012 11:36:22 +0200
From:	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, riel@...hat.com, oleg@...hat.com, pjt@...gle.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, Lee.Schermerhorn@...com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/19] mm/mpol: Add MPOL_MF_NOOP

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl> wrote:
> From: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@...com>
>
> This patch augments the MPOL_MF_LAZY feature by adding a "NOOP"
> policy to mbind().  When the NOOP policy is used with the 'MOVE
> and 'LAZY flags, mbind() [check_range()] will walk the specified
> range and unmap eligible pages so that they will be migrated on
> next touch.

This patch is mistitled. The new flag is MPOL_NOOP. That made it
difficult to find the commit in linux-next. Does it make sense to fix
the patch title before this hits mainline?

Thanks,

Michael



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