linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] mm: introduce MAP_FIXED

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Message-ID: <20171201152640.GA3765@rei>
Date:   Fri, 1 Dec 2017 16:26:40 +0100
From:   Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@...e.cz>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@...cle.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] mm: introduce MAP_FIXED_SAFE

Hi!
> > MAP_FIXED_UNIQUE
> > MAP_FIXED_ONCE
> > MAP_FIXED_FRESH
> 
> Well, I can open a poll for the best name, but none of those you are
> proposing sound much better to me. Yeah, naming sucks...

Given that MAP_FIXED replaces the previous mapping MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE
would probably be a best fit.

-- 
Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@...e.cz