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SubjectRe: [PATCH -v8 3/4] Enable the MS_ASYNC functionality in sys_msync()
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> > Also, it still doesn't make sense to me why we'd not need to walk the
> > rmap, it is all the same file after all.
>
> It's the same file, but not the same memory map. It basically depends
> on how you define msync:
>
> a) sync _file_ on region defined by this mmap/start/end-address
> b) sync _memory_region_ defined by start/end-address

My mmap/msync tester program can acually check this as well, with the
'-f' flag. Anton, can you try that on the reference platforms?

Miklos


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