Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:07:03 -0500 | From | Timur Tabi <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][RFC][0/4] InfiniBand userspace verbs implementation |
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Andrew Morton wrote:
> Precisely. That's why I suggested that we have an alternative vma->vm_flag > bit which behaves in a similar manner to VM_LOCKED (say, VM_LOCKED_KERNEL), > only userspace cannot alter it.
How about calling it VM_PINNED? That way, we can define
Locked - won't be swapped to disk, but can be moved around in memory Pinned - won't be swapped to disk or moved around in memory
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