Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation

[Michal Hocko]

On Wed 13-12-17 14:09:00, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Wed 2017-12-13 14:04:58, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Wed 13-12-17 13:55:40, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > On Wed 2017-12-13 10:31:10, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > 
> > > >     -- Expand the documentation to discuss the hazards in
> > > >        enough detail to allow avoiding them.
> > > > 
> > > >     -- Mention the upcoming MAP_FIXED_SAFE flag.
> > > 
> > > Pretty map everyone agreed MAP_FIXED_SAFE was a bad
> > > name. MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE (IIRC) was best replacement.
> > 
> > Please read http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171213092550.2774-1-mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Please fix your patches according to the feedback...
> 
> NACCKED-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>

Good luck pursuing this further then. I am not going to spend time on
naming bikeheds. I have more pressing stuff to work on.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs