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From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: differences between MADV_FREE and MADV_DONTNEED
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:11:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070301181157.GG3550@implementation.labri.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1ek36r9vq.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com>

Hi,

Eric wrote:
> > We should implement a real MADV_DONTNEED and rename the current one
> > to MADV_FREE, but that's 2.6.17 material.
> 
> We definitely need to check this.  I am fairly certain I have seen
> this conversation before.

Yes, it was back in 2005:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=111996850004771&w=2

Nobody took the time to fix it, I filed bug #6282 on bugzilla.kernel.org
some time ago.

Samuel

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-03-01 18:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 86+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-10-26 22:49 [RFC] madvise(MADV_TRUNCATE) Badari Pulavarty
2005-10-27  8:38 ` Andi Kleen
2005-10-27 13:17   ` Andrea Arcangeli
2005-10-27 15:00     ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-10-27 15:11       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2005-10-27 18:20         ` Andrew Morton
2005-10-27 18:35           ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-10-27 18:50             ` Andrew Morton
2005-10-27 19:40               ` Gerrit Huizenga
2005-10-27 19:56                 ` Andi Kleen
2005-10-27 23:21                   ` Darren Hart
2005-10-27 20:05               ` Theodore Ts'o
2005-10-27 20:16                 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2005-10-28  1:42                 ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-10-28 16:33                   ` Theodore Ts'o
2005-10-27 20:22               ` Jeff Dike
2005-10-27 20:04           ` Andrea Arcangeli
2005-10-27 20:50             ` Andrew Morton
2005-10-27 21:37               ` Andrea Arcangeli
2005-10-27 22:23                 ` Andrew Morton
2005-10-27 23:05                   ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-10-27 23:16                     ` Andrew Morton
2005-10-27 23:33                       ` Peter Chubb
2005-10-28  0:22                   ` Andrea Arcangeli
2005-10-28  0:32                     ` Andrew Morton
2005-10-28  1:10                       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2005-10-28  1:27                       ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-10-28  2:00                         ` Andrew Morton
2005-10-27 22:32               ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-10-27 23:28             ` Peter Chubb
2005-10-27 23:49               ` Andrew Morton
2005-10-27 23:56                 ` Nathan Scott
2005-10-28  0:15                   ` Andrea Arcangeli
2005-10-27 23:59                 ` Peter Chubb
2005-10-28  3:46 ` Jeff Dike
2005-10-28 11:03   ` Blaisorblade
2005-10-28 13:29     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2005-10-28 16:56       ` Blaisorblade
2005-10-28 16:16     ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-10-28 18:40       ` Blaisorblade
2005-10-28 18:56         ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-10-29  0:35         ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-10-28 16:19   ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-10-28 17:10     ` Blaisorblade
2005-10-28 18:28       ` Jeff Dike
2005-10-28 18:44         ` Blaisorblade
2005-10-28 18:42     ` Jeff Dike
2005-10-28 18:54       ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-10-29  0:03       ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-10-29  2:51         ` Jeff Dike
2005-10-31 16:34           ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-10-31 19:15           ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-10-31 19:49           ` [RFC][PATCH] madvise(MADV_TRUNCATE) Badari Pulavarty
2005-11-01  0:05             ` Jeff Dike
2005-11-02  1:15               ` [PATCH] 2.6.14 patch for supporting madvise(MADV_FREE) Badari Pulavarty
2005-11-02  1:43                 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2005-11-02 15:49                   ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-11-02 16:12                   ` [PATCH] 2.6.14 patch for supporting madvise(MADV_REMOVE) Badari Pulavarty
2005-11-02 19:54                     ` New bug in patch and existing Linux code - race with install_page() (was: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.14 patch for supporting madvise(MADV_REMOVE)) Blaisorblade
2005-11-02 20:12                       ` Hugh Dickins
2005-11-02 20:45                         ` Hugh Dickins
2005-11-02 21:36                       ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-11-02 21:55                         ` Hugh Dickins
2005-11-02 22:02                           ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-11-12  0:25                     ` [PATCH] 2.6.14 patch for supporting madvise(MADV_REMOVE) Andrew Morton
2005-11-12  0:34                       ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-11-12  1:43                         ` Andrew Morton
2005-11-12  4:41                           ` Badari Pulavarty
2006-01-16 13:06                             ` differences between MADV_FREE and MADV_DONTNEED Andrea Arcangeli
2006-01-16 16:02                               ` Suleiman Souhlal
2006-01-16 16:28                                 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2006-01-16 17:03                                   ` Suleiman Souhlal
2006-01-16 17:24                                     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2006-01-16 21:43                                       ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-17  0:24                                         ` Suleiman Souhlal
2006-01-17  1:04                                           ` Nicholas Miell
2006-01-17 12:43                                             ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-01-17 18:23                                               ` Eric W. Biederman
2006-01-17 22:55                                                 ` Nicholas Miell
2007-03-01 18:11                                                 ` Samuel Thibault [this message]
2006-01-17 19:06                                               ` Badari Pulavarty
2006-01-17  1:06                               ` Blaisorblade
2006-01-17  1:33                                 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2005-11-12  0:34                     ` [PATCH] 2.6.14 patch for supporting madvise(MADV_REMOVE) Andrew Morton
2005-10-28 17:55   ` [RFC] madvise(MADV_TRUNCATE) Blaisorblade
2005-10-28 21:23     ` Theodore Ts'o

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