Re: [PATCH -mm] vmscan: make mapped executable pages the first class citizen

Christoph Lameter
2009-05-08T14:25:57Z

On Fri, 8 May 2009, Minchan Kim wrote:

> > > Why did you said that "The page_referenced() path will only cover the ""_text_"" section" ?
> > > Could you elaborate please ?
> >
> > I was under the wild assumption that only the _text_ section will be
> > PROT_EXEC mapped. No?
>
> Yes. I support your idea.

Why do PROT_EXEC mapped segments deserve special treatment? What about the
other memory segments of the process? Essentials like stack, heap and
data segments of the libraries?