From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@t-online.de>
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com>,
Greg Ungerer <gerg@snapgear.com>,
David McCullough <David_Mccullough@securecomputing.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Bryan Wu <Bryan.Wu@analog.com>,
Robin Getz <rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org>
Subject: Re: nommu: handling anonymous mmap clearing in userspace rather than kernel
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:14:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <21218.1207228451@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47F4BA31.1080702@t-online.de>
Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@t-online.de> wrote:
> Really, if MAP_UNINITIALIZE is unacceptable, then that's too bad and we'll
> carry it as a local patch, but all the other proposed mechanisms are
> non-solutions because they break an established interface.
Agreed. The kernel would not be backwardly compatible with old userspaces.
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-03 13:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-01 21:34 nommu: handling anonymous mmap clearing in userspace rather than kernel Mike Frysinger
2008-04-02 14:20 ` David Howells
2008-04-02 14:47 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-04-02 15:03 ` Bernd Schmidt
2008-04-02 15:07 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-04-03 11:06 ` Bernd Schmidt
2008-04-03 13:14 ` David Howells [this message]
2008-04-03 14:46 ` Mike Frysinger
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