From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 12:31:33 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PATCH] mincore for i386, against 2.3.51 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Chuck Lever Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Chuck Lever wrote: > > So I'd prefer something that does not have the "incore" function at all, > > and if that convinces somebody else to change shm to use the address_space > > stuff to get a working mincore(), all the better. Ok? > > hmm. i created the "incore" method because mincore needs to synchronize > with the swapping method used for each of the different vma types. this > is different for shm's vs. mapped files -- they both use locking methods > that are independent of one another. But that's exactly my poing. The shm version is bad, and it will be eventually removed ;) > btw i think i've ended up in your kill file. direct mail i send to you > appears to be lost. You'r enot in my kill-file any more than anybody else is. The fact that I get too much mail means that very few people get horribly much attention, I'm afraid. Linus -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/