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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Add /proc/<pid>/numa_vamaps for numa node information
Date: Mon, 7 May 2018 17:05:44 -0700
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On 05/07/2018 04:22 PM, prakash.sangappa wrote:
> However, with the proposed new file, we could allow seeking to
> specified virtual address. The lseek offset in this case would
> represent the virtual address of the process. Subsequent read from
> the file would provide VA range to numa node information starting
> from that VA. In case the VA seek'ed to is invalid, it will start 
> from the next valid mapped VA of the process. The implementation
> would not be based on seq_file.

So you're proposing a new /proc/<pid> file that appears next to and is
named very similarly to the exiting /proc/<pid>, but which has entirely
different behavior?