From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wi0-f172.google.com (mail-wi0-f172.google.com [209.85.212.172]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41BCA6B0038 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 02:31:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: by wibud3 with SMTP id ud3so100842653wib.0 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 2015 23:31:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-wi0-f182.google.com (mail-wi0-f182.google.com. [209.85.212.182]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p11si29057854wjw.192.2015.07.26.23.31.47 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 26 Jul 2015 23:31:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by wicgb10 with SMTP id gb10so97036066wic.1 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 2015 23:31:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 09:31:43 +0300 From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 1/7] mm: mlock: Refactor mlock, munlock, and munlockall code Message-ID: <20150727063143.GA11657@node.dhcp.inet.fi> References: <1437773325-8623-1-git-send-email-emunson@akamai.com> <1437773325-8623-2-git-send-email-emunson@akamai.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1437773325-8623-2-git-send-email-emunson@akamai.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Eric B Munson Cc: Andrew Morton , Michal Hocko , Vlastimil Babka , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 05:28:39PM -0400, Eric B Munson wrote: > Extending the mlock system call is very difficult because it currently > does not take a flags argument. A later patch in this set will extend > mlock to support a middle ground between pages that are locked and > faulted in immediately and unlocked pages. To pave the way for the new > system call, the code needs some reorganization so that all the actual > entry point handles is checking input and translating to VMA flags. > > Signed-off-by: Eric B Munson > Cc: Michal Hocko > Cc: Vlastimil Babka > Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" > Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov -- Kirill A. Shutemov -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org