Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753057AbaLEIc4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2014 03:32:56 -0500 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:39059 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751647AbaLEIcy (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2014 03:32:54 -0500 Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 09:32:49 +0100 From: Michal Hocko To: Minchan Kim Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, Michael Kerrisk , linux-api@vger.kernel.org, Hugh Dickins , Johannes Weiner , Rik van Riel , KOSAKI Motohiro , Mel Gorman , Jason Evans , zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com, "Kirill A. Shutemov" , "Kirill A. Shutemov" Subject: Re: [PATCH v17 1/7] mm: support madvise(MADV_FREE) Message-ID: <20141205083249.GA2321@dhcp22.suse.cz> References: <1413799924-17946-1-git-send-email-minchan@kernel.org> <1413799924-17946-2-git-send-email-minchan@kernel.org> <20141127144725.GB19157@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20141130235652.GA10333@bbox> <20141202100125.GD27014@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20141203000026.GA30217@bbox> <20141203101329.GB23236@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20141205070816.GB3358@bbox> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20141205070816.GB3358@bbox> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri 05-12-14 16:08:16, Minchan Kim wrote: [...] > From cfa212d4fb307ae772b08cf564cab7e6adb8f4fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Minchan Kim > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 08:53:55 +0900 > Subject: [PATCH] madvise.2: Document MADV_FREE > > Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim Reviewed-by: Michal Hocko Thanks! > --- > man2/madvise.2 | 12 ++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/man2/madvise.2 b/man2/madvise.2 > index 032ead7..fc1aaca 100644 > --- a/man2/madvise.2 > +++ b/man2/madvise.2 > @@ -265,6 +265,18 @@ file (see > .BR MADV_DODUMP " (since Linux 3.4)" > Undo the effect of an earlier > .BR MADV_DONTDUMP . > +.TP > +.BR MADV_FREE " (since Linux 3.19)" > +Tell the kernel that contents in the specified address range are no > +longer important and the range will be overwritten. When there is > +demand for memory, the system will free pages associated with the > +specified address range. In this instance, the next time a page in the > +address range is referenced, it will contain all zeroes. Otherwise, > +it will contain the data that was there prior to the MADV_FREE call. > +References made to the address range will not make the system read > +from backing store (swap space) until the page is modified again. > +It works only with private anonymous pages (see > +.BR mmap (2)). > .SH RETURN VALUE > On success > .BR madvise () > -- > 2.0.0 > > -- > Kind regards, > Minchan Kim > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/