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Subject: Re: Problems with VM_MIXEDMAP removal from /proc/<pid>/smaps
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On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 04:44:13PM +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 07:37:13AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > No, it should not.  DAX is an implementation detail thay may change
> > or go away at any time.
> 
> Well we had an issue with an application checking for dax, this is how
> we landed here in the first place.

So what exacty is that "DAX" they are querying about (and no, I'm not
joking, nor being philosophical).