linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V6 1/6] mm: mlock: Refactor mlock, munlock, and munlockall code

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Date:	Thu, 6 Aug 2015 15:56:16 +0200
From:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:	Eric B Munson <emunson@...mai.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 1/6] mm: mlock: Refactor mlock, munlock, and munlockall
 code

On 07/29/2015 05:42 PM, 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>
> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>

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