Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:27:54 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [openib-general] Re: madvise MADV_DONTFORK/MADV_DOFORK |
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On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Hugh Dickins wrote: > > Almost. I would still prefer madvise_vma to allow MADV_DONTFORK > on a VM_IO vma, even though it must prohibit MADV_DOFORK there. > But if Linus disagrees, of course ignore me.
No, I agree. Quite frankly, I'd be willing to allow even the other way around, because I don't see how the VM could screw up, but prohibiting DOFORK is clearly the safer thing to do.
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