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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2.6.21] cramfs: add cramfs Linear XIP
Carsten Otte wrote:

> The current xip stack relies on having struct page behind the memory
> segment. This causes few impact on memory management, but occupies some
> more memory. The cramfs patch chose to modify copy on write in order to
> deal with vmas that don't have struct page behind.
> So far, Hugh and Linus have shown strong opposition against copy on
> write with no struct page behind. If this implementation is acceptable
> to the them, it seems preferable to me over wasting memory. The xip
> stack should be modified to use this vma flag in that case.

I would rather not :P

We can copy on write without a struct page behind the source today, no?
What is insufficient for the XIP code with the current COW?

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