linux-kernel - Re: Rewording language in mbind(2) to "threads" not "processes"

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Date:   Sat, 22 Oct 2016 12:08:51 +0200
From:   "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
To:     Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc:     mtk.manpages@...il.com,
        Piotr Kwapulinski <kwapulinski.piotr@...il.com>,
        mhocko@...nel.org, mgorman@...hsingularity.net,
        a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, riel@...hat.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-man@...r.kernel.org,
        Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@...ia.fr>
Subject: Re: Rewording language in mbind(2) to "threads" not "processes"

On 10/13/2016 08:16 PM, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Oct 2016, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> 
>> @@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ If, however, the shared memory region was created with the
>>  .B SHM_HUGETLB
>>  flag,
>>  the huge pages will be allocated according to the policy specified
>> -only if the page allocation is caused by the process that calls
>> +only if the page allocation is caused by the thread that calls
>> +.\"
>> +.\" ??? Is it correct to change "process" to "thread" in the preceding line?
> 
> No leave it as process. Pages get one map refcount per page table
> that references them (meaning a process). More than one map refcount means
> that multiple processes have mapped the page.
> 
>> @@ -300,7 +303,10 @@ is specified in
>>  .IR flags ,
>>  then the kernel will attempt to move all the existing pages
>>  in the memory range so that they follow the policy.
>> -Pages that are shared with other processes will not be moved.
>> +Pages that are shared with other threads will not be moved.
>> +.\"
>> +.\" ??? Is it correct to change "processes" to "threads" in the preceding line?
>> +.\"
> 
> Leave it. Same as before.
> 
>>  If
>>  then the kernel will attempt to move all existing pages in the memory range
>> -regardless of whether other processes use the pages.
>> -The calling process must be privileged
>> +regardless of whether other threads use the pages.
>> +.\"
>> +.\" ??? Is it correct to change "processes" to "threads" in the preceding line?
>> +.\"
> 
> Leave as process.

Thanks. I've reverted these changes.

Cheers,

Michael


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