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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 00/10] hugetlbfs: add fallocate support
On Wed, 22 Jul 2015, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:

> fwiw, I've been trying to push people towards this for a while. Ie:
>
> commit 15610c86fa83ff778eb80d3cfaa71d6acceb628a
> Author: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com>
> Date: Wed Sep 11 14:21:48 2013 -0700
>
> hugepage: mention libhugetlbfs in doc
>
> Explicitly mention/recommend using the libhugetlbfs test cases when
> changing related kernel code. Developers that are unaware of the project
> can easily miss this and introduce potential regressions that may or may
> not be caught by community review.
>
> Also do some cleanups that make the document visually easier to view at a
> first glance.
>
> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
>
> But generally speaking, I doubt this doc is read much.
>

The mmap(2) man page cites it specifically as the source of information on
MAP_HUGETLB and it, in turn, directs people to
tools/testing/selftests/vm/map_hugetlb.c. It also mentions libhugetlbfs
as a result of your patch, so perhaps change the man page to point people
directly there?


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