On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 12:13:31PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote: > On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 12:33 AM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > OK, this doesn't seem to lead to anywhere. The more this is discussed > > the more names we are getting. So you know what? I will resubmit and > > keep my original name. If somebody really hates it then feel free to > > nack the patch and push alternative and gain concensus on it. > > > > I will keep MAP_FIXED_SAFE because it is an alternative to MAP_FIXED so > > having that in the name is _useful_ for everybody familiar with > > MAP_FIXED already. And _SAFE suffix tells that the operation doesn't > > cause any silent memory corruptions or other unexpected side effects. > > Looks like consensus is MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE. I'd rather MAP_AT_ADDR or MAP_REQUIRED, but I prefer FIXED_NOREPLACE to FIXED_SAFE. I just had a thought though -- MAP_STATIC? ie don't move it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
