From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <owner-linux-mm@kvack.org>
Received: from mail-pf0-f200.google.com (mail-pf0-f200.google.com [209.85.192.200])
	by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 514E36B02A9
	for <linux-mm@kvack.org>; Tue, 15 May 2018 10:18:46 -0400 (EDT)
Received: by mail-pf0-f200.google.com with SMTP id x21-v6so139107pfn.23
        for <linux-mm@kvack.org>; Tue, 15 May 2018 07:18:46 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org. [2607:7c80:54:e::133])
        by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h190-v6si97719pgc.663.2018.05.15.07.18.44
        for <linux-mm@kvack.org>
        (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256);
        Tue, 15 May 2018 07:18:44 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 07:18:39 -0700
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Add new vma flag VM_LOCAL_CPU
Message-ID: <20180515141839.GI31599@bombadil.infradead.org>
References: <20180514191551.GA27939@bombadil.infradead.org>
 <7ec6fa37-8529-183d-d467-df3642bcbfd2@netapp.com>
 <20180515004137.GA5168@bombadil.infradead.org>
 <f3a66d8b-b9dc-b110-08aa-a63f0c309fb2@netapp.com>
 <20180515111159.GA31599@bombadil.infradead.org>
 <6999e635-e804-99d0-12fc-c13ff3e9ca58@netapp.com>
 <20180515120355.GE31599@bombadil.infradead.org>
 <afe2c02f-3ecd-5f54-53ab-d45c11a5b4aa@netapp.com>
 <20180515135056.GG31599@bombadil.infradead.org>
 <da89bf77-fcb5-1c0c-f5ce-66e552d9a54d@netapp.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <da89bf77-fcb5-1c0c-f5ce-66e552d9a54d@netapp.com>
Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org
List-ID: <linux-mm.kvack.org>
To: Boaz Harrosh <boazh@netapp.com>
Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>, "linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, x86@kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>, Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>, Amit Golander <Amit.Golander@netapp.com>

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 05:10:57PM +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> I'm not a lawyer either but I think I'm doing OK. Because I am doing exactly
> like FUSE is doing. Only some 15 years later, with modern CPUs in mind. I do not
> think I am doing anything new here, am I?

You should talk to a lawyer.  I'm not giving you legal advice.
I'm telling you that I think what you're doing is unethical.