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

[Christoph Lameter]

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?

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