Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13] Introduce first class virtual address spaces

Richard Henderson
2017-03-14T01:03:17Z

On 03/14/2017 10:39 AM, Till Smejkal wrote:
>> Is this an indication that full virtual address spaces are useless? It
>> would seem like if you only use virtual address segments then you avoid all
>> of the problems with executing code, active stacks, and brk.
>
> What do you mean with *virtual address segments*? The nice part of first class
> virtual address spaces is that one can share/reuse collections of address space
> segments easily.

What do *I* mean? You introduced the term, didn't you?
Rereading your original I see you called them "VAS segments".

Anyway, whatever they are called, it would seem that these segments do not
require any of the syncing mechanisms that are causing you problems.

r~