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SubjectRe: No more bits in vm_area_struct's vm_flags.
Hi.

Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
>> Hugh Dickins wrote:
>>> Does TuxOnIce rely on CONFIG_MMU? If so, then the TuxOnIce patch
>>> could presumably reuse VM_MAPPED_COPY for now - but don't be
>>> surprised if that's one we clean away later on.
>> Hmm. I'm not sure. The requirements are the same as for swsusp and
>> uswsusp. Is there some tool to graph config dependencies?
>
> If its requirements are the same as theirs, then I think yes,
> TuxOnIce relies on config MMU: because config HIBERNATION depends
> on SWAP (kernel/power/Kconfig) and config SWAP depends on MMU
> (init/Kconfig).
>
> But I hesitated to assume that, because in the TuxOnIce patch I have
> here for reference (e.g. when deciding it'll cause you unwelcome hassle
> if I move swap_info_struct from swap.h to swapfile.c!), it looked as if
> you support saving to an ordinary file, not just to a swap file?

Yes, that's right.

>> Is there some tool to graph config dependencies?
>
> I don't know it, but would be nice, and maybe it does exist.

Okee doke.

Nigel


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