linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 0/2] remap_file

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Message-ID: <87tx8v4qin.fsf@tassilo.jf.intel.com>
Date:	Sun, 11 May 2014 20:36:32 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Armin Rigo <arigo@...es.org>
Cc:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 0/2] remap_file_pages() decommission

Armin Rigo <arigo@...es.org> writes:

> Here is a note from the PyPy project (mentioned earlier in this
> thread, and at https://lwn.net/Articles/587923/ ).

Your use is completely bogus. remap_file_pages() pins everything 
and disables any swapping for the area.

-Andi
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