linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Increase default MLOCK

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Date:   Tue, 16 Nov 2021 20:48:48 +0100
From:   "Drew DeVault" <sir@...wn.com>
To:     "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     "Ammar Faizi" <ammarfaizi2@...weeb.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        "io_uring Mailing List" <io-uring@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Jens Axboe" <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "Pavel Begunkov" <asml.silence@...il.com>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Increase default MLOCK_LIMIT to 8 MiB

On Tue Nov 16, 2021 at 8:47 PM CET, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Well, why change the default? Surely anyone who cares is altering it
> at runtime anyway. And if they are not, we should encourage them to do
> so?

I addressed this question in the original patch's commit message.