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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/7] Add MAP_HUGETLB for mmaping pseudo-anonymous huge page regions
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009, Eric B Munson wrote:

> This patch adds a flag for mmap that will be used to request a huge
> page region that will look like anonymous memory to user space. This
> is accomplished by using a file on the internal vfsmount. MAP_HUGETLB
> is a modifier of MAP_ANONYMOUS and so must be specified with it. The
> region will behave the same as a MAP_ANONYMOUS region using small pages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric B Munson <ebmunson@us.ibm.com>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>


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