Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation

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To: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation
From: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:03:16 +0100
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@xxxxxxxxxx>, Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx, LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx>, John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <20171213125540.GA18897@amd>
References: <20171213092550.2774-1-mhocko@kernel.org> <20171213093110.3550-1-mhocko@kernel.org> <20171213093110.3550-2-mhocko@kernel.org> <20171213125540.GA18897@amd>
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Hi!
> Pretty map everyone agreed MAP_FIXED_SAFE was a bad
> name. MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE (IIRC) was best replacement.

For what it's worth I do agree here.

-- 
Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@xxxxxxx

References:
- [PATCH v2 0/2] mm: introduce MAP_FIXED_SAFE
  - From: Michal Hocko
- [PATCH 1/2] mmap.2: document new MAP_FIXED_SAFE flag
  - From: Michal Hocko
- [PATCH 2/2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation
  - From: Michal Hocko
- Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation
  - From: Pavel Machek

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