RE: [RFC PATCH 08/12] mm: use mirrorable to switch allocate mirrored memory

From: Luck, Tony
Date: Thu Jun 04 2015 - 13:01:57 EST

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> Add a new interface in path /proc/sys/vm/mirrorable. When set to 1, it means
> we should allocate mirrored memory for both user and kernel processes.

With some "to be defined later" mechanism for how the user requests mirror vs.
not mirror. Plus some capability/ulimit pieces that restrict who can do this and how
much they can get???

-Tony
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