Re: fs/proc/task_mmu: Implement IOCTL for efficient page table scanning

[Muhammad Usama Anjum]

Thank you Michał.

On 7/21/23 12:28 AM, Michał Mirosław wrote:
>   b. rename match "flags" to 'page categories' everywhere - this makes
> 	it easier to differentiate the ioctl()s categorisation of pages
> 	from struct page flags;
>   c. change {required + excluded} to {inverted + required}. This was
> 	rejected before, but I'd like to illustrate the difference.
> 	Old interface can be translated to the new by:
> 		categories_inverted = excluded_mask
> 		categories_mask = required_mask | excluded_mask
> 		categories_anyof_mask = anyof_mask
> 	The new way allows filtering by: A & (B | !C)
> 		categories_inverted = C
> 		categories_mask = A
> 		categories_anyof_mask = B | C
Andrei and Danylo,

Are you okay with these masks? It were you two who had proposed these.


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BR,
Muhammad Usama Anjum