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Message-ID: <20150727063143.GA11657@node.dhcp.inet.fi> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 09:31:43 +0300 From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name> To: Eric B Munson <emunson@...mai.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 1/7] mm: mlock: Refactor mlock, munlock, and munlockall code On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 05:28:39PM -0400, Eric B Munson wrote: > Extending the mlock system call is very difficult because it currently > does not take a flags argument. A later patch in this set will extend > mlock to support a middle ground between pages that are locked and > faulted in immediately and unlocked pages. To pave the way for the new > system call, the code needs some reorganization so that all the actual > entry point handles is checking input and translating to VMA flags. > > Signed-off-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@...mai.com> > Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz> > Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz> > Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name> > Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org > Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com> -- Kirill A. Shutemov -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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