Re: differences between MADV_FREE and MADV_DONTNEED

[Samuel Thibault]

Hi,

Eric wrote:
> > We should implement a real MADV_DONTNEED and rename the current one
> > to MADV_FREE, but that's 2.6.17 material.
> 
> We definitely need to check this.  I am fairly certain I have seen
> this conversation before.

Yes, it was back in 2005:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=111996850004771&w=2

Nobody took the time to fix it, I filed bug #6282 on bugzilla.kernel.org
some time ago.

Samuel
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