Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:08:22 -0700 (PDT) | From | David Rientjes <> | Subject | Re: [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>
| |