Re: [PATCH 2/3] proc/kcore: Do not map unaccepted memory

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Thu Sep 07 2023 - 12:14:02 EST


On 9/6/23 00:39, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> Do not map unaccepted memory because it can cause the guest to fail.
>
> For /proc/kcore, which is read-only and does not support mmap, this means a
> read of unaccepted memory will return zeros.

I'm confused by this changelog and subject.

What is getting "mapped" here if mmap() isn't in play?