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

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Wed Nov 21 2018 - 12:58:14 EST


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!

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs