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Date:   Sat, 15 Jan 2022 11:05:42 +0100
From:   Andreas Grapentin <andreas@grapentin.org>
To:     linux-numa@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: utility for numa placement of POSIX shared memory segments
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Hello,

I am resending the message below to the list, because it seems to have
gotten lost in transit somehow.
Apologies if you should receive multiple copies of this mail.

Best,
Andreas

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 07:28:37AM +0100, Andreas Grapentin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I recently wrote out of necessity a small utility to move memory pages
> of a posix named shared memory segment between NUMA nodes. A friend
> pointed out that this utility could make a good addition to numactl,
> maybe as a separate executable alongside migratepages.
> 
> The repository of the tools in question is already public and
> available on github:
> https://github.com/oaken-source/move_shmem_pages
> 
> Would this be a welcome addition to numactl? If so, I could prepare a
> PR or two to the numactl github repository to add this functionality.
> 
> Thanks for your time, and best Regards,
> Andreas Grapentin