On 1214T1415, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Thu 14-12-17 12:44:17, Edward Napierala wrote: > > Regarding the name - how about adopting MAP_EXCL? It was introduced in > > FreeBSD, > > and seems to do exactly this; quoting mmap(2): > > > > MAP_FIXED Do not permit the system to select a different address > > than the one specified. If the specified address > > cannot be used, mmap() will fail. If MAP_FIXED is > > specified, addr must be a multiple of the page size. > > If MAP_EXCL is not specified, a successful MAP_FIXED > > request replaces any previous mappings for the > > process' pages in the range from addr to addr + len. > > In contrast, if MAP_EXCL is specified, the request > > will fail if a mapping already exists within the > > range. > > I am not familiar with the FreeBSD implementation but from the above it > looks like MAP_EXCL is a MAP_FIXED mofifier which is not how we are > going to implement it in linux due to reasons mentioned in this cover > letter. Using the same name would be more confusing than helpful I am > afraid. Sorry, missed that. Indeed, reusing a name with a different semantics would be a bad idea.
