Re: [PATCH 4/5] pagemap: Introduce the /proc/PID/pagemap2 file

From: Pavel Emelyanov
Date: Fri Apr 12 2013 - 09:10:53 EST


On 04/12/2013 01:19 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:29:41 +0400 Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> This file is the same as the pagemap one, but shows entries with bits
>> 55-60 being zero (reserved for future use). Next patch will occupy one
>> of them.
>
> I'm not understanding the motivation for this. What does the current
> /proc/pid/pagemap have in those bit positions?

A constant PAGE_SHIFT value.

>
> .
>

Thanks,
Pavel
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