Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] mm: madvise allow remove operation for hugetlbfs

[Mike Kravetz]

On 04/16/2015 11:44 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 04:02:58PM -0700, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> > Now that we have hole punching support for hugetlbfs, we can
> > also support the MADV_REMOVE interface to it.
>
> Meh.  Just use fallocate for any new code..

I don't have the complete context for your comment.  Is there
a general consensus or effort underway to deprecate the use
of MADV_REMOVE?

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Mike Kravetz
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