Re: [PATCH 0/2] man-pages: clarify MAP_LOCKED semantic

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Mon May 18 2015 - 05:12:43 EST


On Wed 13-05-15 16:38:10, Michal Hocko wrote:
> Hi,
> during the previous discussion http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=143022313618001&w=2
> it was made clear that making mmap(MAP_LOCKED) semantic really have
> mlock() semantic is too dangerous. Even though we can try to reduce the
> failure space the mmap man page should make it really clear about the
> subtle distinctions between the two. This is what that first patch does.
> The second patch is a small clarification for MAP_POPULATE based on
> David Rientjes feedback.

I have completely forgot about the in kernel doc.
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