[Fwd: vma list in struct address_space]

[Fwd: vma list in struct address_space]

[Luciano A. Stertz]

	Hi,
		I sent this message to kernelnewbies but receive no replay. May you 
please help me?

	Thanks,
		Luciano

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	I have a doubt about the address_space struct.
	I understand that struct address_space contains lists of the virtual
memory area instances that refers to the inode controlled by this
address_space.
	Up to kernel 2.6.6, it was clear to me from the struct declaration that
there were two lists, i_mmap was the list of private (created with
MAP_PRIVATE) mappings and i_mmap_shared the list of shared (created with
MAP_SHARED).
	On kernel 2.6.7, however, I couldn't undestand the lists:

         struct prio_tree_root   i_mmap;         /* tree of private
mappings */
         struct list_head        i_mmap_nonlinear;/*list VM_NONLINEAR
mappings */

	i_mmap seems to be still listing private mappings, but i_mmap_shared
was removed and i_mmap_nonlinear added.
	If I create a shared linear mapping, will it be kept in any of these lists?
	Or maybe the i_mmap comment is misleading, and now i_mmap maps linear vmas?

	TIA,
		Luciano Stertz

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