Re: [RFC] prctl: Deprecate non PR_SET_MM_MAP operations

From: Cyrill Gorcunov
Date: Wed Apr 04 2018 - 02:59:49 EST


On Wed, Apr 04, 2018 at 07:35:41AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > Or we can simply drop it off because PR_SET_MM_MAP covers all needs,
> > > and I would rather prefer to do that asap.
> >
> > Thanks for making it deprecated. I'd prefer just drop it off if nobody
> > objects. The change will get soaked in linux-next for a while , we will know
> > if it breaks compatibility (it sounds very unlikely).
>
> Yeah, let's just drop it and have the patch in linux-next (via mmotm)
> for 2 release cycles and see whether somebody complains.
>
> You can add
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> for such a patch.

Sure. Thanks!