Re: [PATCH V3] mm/madvise: Move up the behavior parameter validation

From: David Rientjes
Date: Tue Apr 18 2017 - 17:01:56 EST


On Tue, 18 Apr 2017, Anshuman Khandual wrote:

> The madvise_behavior_valid() function should be called before
> acting upon the behavior parameter. Hence move up the function.
> This also includes MADV_SOFT_OFFLINE and MADV_HWPOISON options
> as valid behavior parameter for the system call madvise().
>
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks like this depends on existing patches in -mm.