linux-kernel - Re: Resurrecting the VM

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Date:	Thu, 5 Mar 2015 15:09:42 -0600 (CST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
cc:	Eric B Munson <emunson@...mai.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Roland Dreier <roland@...nel.org>,
	Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
	Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
	Mike Marciniszyn <infinipath@...el.com>
Subject: Re: Resurrecting the VM_PINNED discussion

On Thu, 5 Mar 2015, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > Am I missing something about why it was never merged?
>
> Because I got lost in IB code and didn't manage to bribe anyone into
> fixing that for me.

Well the complexity increased since then with the on demand pinning,
mmu notifiers etc etc ...

I thought the clear distinction between pinning and mlocking would do the
trick?

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