linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 0/6] ioctl()-based API to query VMAs from /proc/<pid>/maps

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Message-ID: <yv6k4j4ptmyhheorcu6ybdcyemxez6wy6ygn64l4v75zwbghb4@wewfmb3nmzku>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 14:07:18 -0400
From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
To: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, brauner@...nel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        surenb@...gle.com, rppt@...nel.org, adobriyan@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/6] ioctl()-based API to query VMAs from
 /proc/<pid>/maps

* Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org> [240627 13:09]:
> Implement binary ioctl()-based interface to /proc/<pid>/maps file to allow
> applications to query VMA information more efficiently than reading *all* VMAs
> nonselectively through text-based interface of /proc/<pid>/maps file.
> 

Thanks for doing this Andrii.  It looks to be a step forward for a lot
of use cases.

Acked-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>