Re: [PATCH 07/19] mm/mpol: Add MPOL_MF_NOOP

From: Michael Kerrisk
Date: Mon Oct 01 2012 - 05:36:41 EST


On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@xxxxxx>
>
> This patch augments the MPOL_MF_LAZY feature by adding a "NOOP"
> policy to mbind(). When the NOOP policy is used with the 'MOVE
> and 'LAZY flags, mbind() [check_range()] will walk the specified
> range and unmap eligible pages so that they will be migrated on
> next touch.

This patch is mistitled. The new flag is MPOL_NOOP. That made it
difficult to find the commit in linux-next. Does it make sense to fix
the patch title before this hits mainline?

Thanks,

Michael



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