Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:31:52 -0800 | From | Chris Wright <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5] add MAP_UNLOCKED mmap flag |
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* Gleb Natapov (gleb@redhat.com) wrote: > If application does mlockall(MCL_FUTURE) it is no longer possible to mmap > file bigger than main memory or allocate big area of anonymous memory > in a thread safe manner. Sometimes it is desirable to lock everything > related to program execution into memory, but still be able to mmap > big file or allocate huge amount of memory and allow OS to swap them on > demand. MAP_UNLOCKED allows to do that. > > Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
Looks good to me.
Acked-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
thanks, -chris
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