linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] mm, proc: be more verbose about unstable VMA flags in /proc/<pid>/smaps

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Date:   Wed, 21 Nov 2018 18:58:09 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] mm, proc: be more verbose about unstable VMA
 flags in /proc/<pid>/smaps

On Wed 21-11-18 18:54:28, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 11:35:13AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
[...]
> > diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> > index 12a5e6e693b6..b1fda309f067 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> > @@ -496,7 +496,9 @@ flags associated with the particular virtual memory area in two letter encoded
> > 
> >  Note that there is no guarantee that every flag and associated mnemonic will
> >  be present in all further kernel releases. Things get changed, the flags may
> > -be vanished or the reverse -- new added.
> > +be vanished or the reverse -- new added. Interpretatation of their meaning
> > +might change in future as well. So each consumnent of these flags have to
> 
>                                            consumer?                 has

fixed. Thanks!

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs