On Sat, Nov 5, 2022 at 5:34 AM Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Nov 05, 2022 at 02:53:42AM +0000, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
> > Since:
> > commit 9a10064f5625 ("mm: add a field to store names for private anonymous
> > memory")
> >
> > We can set names for private anonymous memory but not for shared
> > anonymous memory. However, naming shared anonymous memory just as
> > useful for tracking purposes.
> >
>
> Who are "we"?
>
> Instead, say "Since commit <commit>, name for private anonymous memory,
> but not shared anonymous, can be set".
Thanks will update.
>
> > @@ -431,8 +431,10 @@ is not associated with a file:
> > [stack] the stack of the main process
> > [vdso] the "virtual dynamic shared object",
> > the kernel system call handler
> > - [anon:<name>] an anonymous mapping that has been
> > + [anon:<name>] a private anonymous mapping that has been
> > named by userspace
> > + path [anon_shmem:<name>] an anonymous shared memory mapping that has
> > + been named by userspace
> > ============= ====================================
> >
>
> The table above triggers Sphinx warning:
>
> Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst:436: WARNING: Malformed table.
> Text in column margin in table line 8.
>
> ============= ====================================
> [heap] the heap of the program
> [stack] the stack of the main process
> [vdso] the "virtual dynamic shared object",
> the kernel system call handler
> [anon:<name>] a private anonymous mapping that has been
> named by userspace
> path [anon_shmem:<name>] an anonymous shared memory mapping that has
> been named by userspace
> ============= ====================================
>
> I have applied the fixup:
>
> ---- >8 ----
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> index 8f1e68460da5cd..3f17b4ef307fe4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> @@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ with the memory region, as the case would be with BSS (uninitialized data).
> The "pathname" shows the name associated file for this mapping. If the mapping
> is not associated with a file:
>
> - ============= ====================================
> + ======================== ===========================================
> [heap] the heap of the program
> [stack] the stack of the main process
> [vdso] the "virtual dynamic shared object",
> @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ is not associated with a file:
> named by userspace
> path [anon_shmem:<name>] an anonymous shared memory mapping that has
> been named by userspace
> - ============= ====================================
> + ======================== ===========================================
>
> or if empty, the mapping is anonymous.
>
>
> Thanks.
Great, thank you.
Pasha
>
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