Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:25:20 -0700 (PDT) | From | David Rientjes <> | Subject | Re: maps3: introduce task_size_of for all arches (updated v4) |
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On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Dave Hansen wrote:
> For the /proc/<pid>/pagemap code[1], we need to able to query how > much virtual address space a particular task has. The trick is > that we do it through /proc and can't use TASK_SIZE since it > references "current" on some arches. The process opening the > /proc file might be a 32-bit process opening a 64-bit process's > pagemap file. > > x86_64 already has a TASK_SIZE_OF() macro: > > #define TASK_SIZE_OF(child) ((test_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_IA32)) ? IA32_PAGE_OFFSET : TASK_SIZE64) > > I'd like to have that for other architectures. So, add it > for all the architectures that actually use "current" in > their TASK_SIZE. For the others, just add a quick #define > in sched.h to use plain old TASK_SIZE. > > 1. http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/042407-kernel.html > > - MIPS portion from Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> > > Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com> > Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> > Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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