linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] prctl: Deprecate non PR_SET_MM

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Date:   Wed, 4 Apr 2018 09:59:42 +0300
From:   Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...tuozzo.com>,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] prctl: Deprecate non PR_SET_MM_MAP operations

On Wed, Apr 04, 2018 at 07:35:41AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > Or we can simply drop it off because PR_SET_MM_MAP covers all needs,
> > > and I would rather prefer to do that asap.
> > 
> > Thanks for making it deprecated. I'd prefer just drop it off if nobody
> > objects. The change will get soaked in linux-next for a while , we will know
> > if it breaks compatibility (it sounds very unlikely).
> 
> Yeah, let's just drop it and have the patch in linux-next (via mmotm)
> for 2 release cycles and see whether somebody complains.
> 
> You can add
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> for such a patch.

Sure. Thanks!