Re: [PATCH] arch: uapi: asm: mman.h: Support MADV_FREE for madvise()

[James Bottomley]

On Mon, 2014-12-01 at 17:01 -0500, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 9:52 PM, Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 11:43 PM, Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> At present, kernel supports madvise(MADV_FREE), so can benefit to all
> >>> related architectures (can grep MADV_WILLNEED or MADV_REMOVE in "arch/"
> >>> to know about all related architectures).
> >>
> >> A similar patch has been posted a while ago:
> >>
> >> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-mm/msg81538.html
> >
> > Would it be possible to use the same number everywhere?
> 
> Yes please. It's ridiculous that we still need patches like this.
> 
> I proposed unifying all this two years ago, but didn't follow up.
> 
> From glibc's perspective it would be simpler if we started using the
> same number everywhere.
> 
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-api/msg02064.html

Please co-ordinate with Andrew then because he's intent on merging this
patch:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm-commits&m=141747572930808

James


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