Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:16:40 +0100 | From | Michal Hocko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation |
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On Wed 13-12-17 14:09:00, Pavel Machek wrote: > On Wed 2017-12-13 14:04:58, Michal Hocko wrote: > > On Wed 13-12-17 13:55:40, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > On Wed 2017-12-13 10:31:10, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > > From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com> > > > > > > > > -- Expand the documentation to discuss the hazards in > > > > enough detail to allow avoiding them. > > > > > > > > -- Mention the upcoming MAP_FIXED_SAFE flag. > > > > > > Pretty map everyone agreed MAP_FIXED_SAFE was a bad > > > name. MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE (IIRC) was best replacement. > > > > Please read http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171213092550.2774-1-mhocko@kernel.org > > Please fix your patches according to the feedback... > > NACCKED-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Good luck pursuing this further then. I am not going to spend time on naming bikeheds. I have more pressing stuff to work on. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
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