Re: [PATCH v4 02/14] mm: Switch mm->get_unmapped_area() to a flag

From: Edgecombe, Rick P
Date: Tue Mar 26 2024 - 22:43:16 EST


On Tue, 2024-03-26 at 13:57 +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> In which conditions which path is used during the initialization of mm
> and why is this the case? It is an open claim in the current form.

There is an arch_pick_mmap_layout() that arch's can have their own rules for. There is also a
generic one. It gets called during exec.

>
> That would be nice to have documented for the sake of being complete
> description. I have zero doubts of the claim being untrue.

...being untrue?