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SubjectRe: [PATCH V6 1/6] mm: mlock: Refactor mlock, munlock, and munlockall code
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On 07/29/2015 05:42 PM, Eric B Munson wrote:
> Extending the mlock system call is very difficult because it currently
> does not take a flags argument. A later patch in this set will extend
> mlock to support a middle ground between pages that are locked and
> faulted in immediately and unlocked pages. To pave the way for the new
> system call, the code needs some reorganization so that all the actual
> entry point handles is checking input and translating to VMA flags.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@akamai.com>
> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>



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