Re: [PATCHv3 33/33] mm, x86: introduce PR_SET_MAX_VADDR and PR_GET_MAX_VADDR

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Is this likely to break anything in practice?  Nah.  But it would nice
> to avoid it.

So I go the other way: what *I* would like to avoid is odd code that
is hard to follow. I'd much rather make the code be simple and the
rules be straightforward, and not introduce that complicated
"different address limits" thing at all.

Then, _if_ we ever find a case where it makes a difference, we could
go the more complex route. But not first implementation, and not
without a real example of why we shouldn't just keep things simple.

              Linus