Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:31:42 +1100 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] madvise MADV_DONTFORK/MADV_DOFORK |
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Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Index: linux-2.6.16-rc2/include/asm-x86_64/mman.h > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.16-rc2.orig/include/asm-x86_64/mman.h 2006-02-14 01:22:27.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.16-rc2/include/asm-x86_64/mman.h 2006-02-14 01:24:57.000000000 +0200 > @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ > #define MADV_WILLNEED 0x3 /* pre-fault pages */ > #define MADV_DONTNEED 0x4 /* discard these pages */ > #define MADV_REMOVE 0x5 /* remove these pages & resources */ > +#define MADV_DONTFORK 0x30 /* dont inherit across fork */ > +#define MADV_DOFORK 0x31 /* do inherit across fork */ >
May I ask, what is the rationale for ignoring the apparent conventions of all architectures? For example parisc, you appear to even go contrary to the comment.
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