From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Michal Hocko <miso@dhcp22.suse.cz>,
Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mmap.2: clarify MAP_LOCKED semantic
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 13:18:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <573314ED.4090704@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <57331275.9000805@infradead.org>
On 05/11/2016 01:07 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On 05/13/2015 04:38 PM, Michal Hocko wrote:
>>
>> This patch makes the semantic of MAP_LOCKED explicit and suggest using
>> mmap + mlock as the only way to guarantee no later major page faults.
>>
>
> URGH, this really blows chunks. It basically means MAP_LOCKED is
> pointless cruft and we might as well remove it.
>
> Why not fix it proper?
OK; after having been pointed at this discussion, it seems I reacted rather
too hasty in that I didn't read all the previous threads.
From that it appears fixing this proper is indeed rather hard, and we
should
indeed consider MAP_LOCKED broken. At which point I would've worded the
manpage update stronger, but alas.
Sorry for the noise.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-05-11 11:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-13 14:38 [PATCH 0/2] man-pages: clarify MAP_LOCKED semantic Michal Hocko
[not found] ` <1431527892-2996-1-git-send-email-miso-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-05-13 14:38 ` [PATCH 1/2] mmap.2: " Michal Hocko
2015-05-13 14:45 ` Eric B Munson
[not found] ` <20150513144506.GD1227-JqFfY2XvxFXQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2015-05-13 14:48 ` Eric B Munson
2015-05-14 8:01 ` Michal Hocko
2015-05-14 13:36 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <1431527892-2996-2-git-send-email-miso-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-11 11:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-05-11 11:18 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
[not found] ` <57331275.9000805-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-11 11:32 ` Michal Hocko
2015-05-13 14:38 ` [PATCH 2/2] mmap2: clarify MAP_POPULATE Michal Hocko
[not found] ` <1431527892-2996-3-git-send-email-miso-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-05-13 14:47 ` Eric B Munson
2015-05-14 13:36 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-05-15 0:13 ` David Rientjes
2015-05-18 9:12 ` [PATCH 0/2] man-pages: clarify MAP_LOCKED semantic Michal Hocko
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