From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx196.postini.com [74.125.245.196]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B1F586B004A for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:06:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] mm: vma->vm_flags diet References: <20120331091049.19373.28994.stgit@zurg> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:06:30 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20120331091049.19373.28994.stgit@zurg> (Konstantin Khlebnikov's message of "Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:25:36 +0400") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Konstantin Khlebnikov Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds Konstantin Khlebnikov writes: > This patch-set moves/kills some VM_* flags in vma->vm_flags bit-field, > as result there appears four free bits. > > Also I'm working on VM_RESERVED reorganization, probably it also can be killed. > It lost original swapout-protection sense in 2.6 and now is used for other purposes. Great, I ran into this problem recently too: I wanted to add a new bit, but there was none. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only -- 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-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org