Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 09:31:43 +0300
From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name>
To: Eric B Munson <emunson@akamai.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>, linux-mm@kvack.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 1/7] mm: mlock: Refactor mlock, munlock, and
 munlockall code
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On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 05:28:39PM -0400, Eric B Munson wrote:
> Extending the mlock system call is very difficult because it currently
> does not take a flags argument.  A later patch in this set will extend
> mlock to support a middle ground between pages that are locked and
> faulted in immediately and unlocked pages.  To pave the way for the new
> system call, the code needs some reorganization so that all the actual
> entry point handles is checking input and translating to VMA flags.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@akamai.com>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name>
> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>

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 Kirill A. Shutemov
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