Re: [PATCH 0/7] mm: vma->vm_flags diet

[Andi Kleen]

Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> This patch-set moves/kills some VM_* flags in vma->vm_flags bit-field,
> as result there appears four free bits.
>
> Also I'm working on VM_RESERVED reorganization, probably it also can be killed.
> It lost original swapout-protection sense in 2.6 and now is used for other purposes.

Great, I ran into this problem recently too: I wanted to add a new bit,
but there was none.

-Andi

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