Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 16:26:40 +0100
From: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
To: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
        Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>,
        Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com>,
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        John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>,
        Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] mm: introduce MAP_FIXED_SAFE
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Hi!
> > MAP_FIXED_UNIQUE
> > MAP_FIXED_ONCE
> > MAP_FIXED_FRESH
> 
> Well, I can open a poll for the best name, but none of those you are
> proposing sound much better to me. Yeah, naming sucks...

Given that MAP_FIXED replaces the previous mapping MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE
would probably be a best fit.

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Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz