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SubjectRe: how to vm_munmap memory range for other processes?
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On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Richard Zhao <richard.zhao@freescale.com> wrote:
> Hi Al,
>
> I saw two commits from you in git tree:
> 17d1587 unexport do_munmap()
> bfce281 kill mm argument of vm_munmap()
>
> They remove the mm arguments, so it look like impossible to unmap
> memory of other processes except current.
>
> I have a kernel module that needs to unmap memory for certain pid. Do
> you have any idea how to do it?

AFAIK Al removed this because it's racy in many ways...

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Thanks,
//richard


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