Re: [PATCH v2 08/25] arch: introduce memremap()

From: Dan Williams
Date: Wed Jul 29 2015 - 17:47:46 EST


On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> While at it, Dan, will / should memremap() support overlapping calls ?
> What is the expectation on behaviour ?

It will be the same as ioremap(). Each mapping gets its own virtual
address and overlapping calls are permitted. The only protection is
that RAM is never mapped with an alias.
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