Re: [PATCH v6 0/6] ioctl()-based API to query VMAs from /proc/<pid>/maps

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To: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/6] ioctl()-based API to query VMAs from /proc/<pid>/maps
From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 14:07:18 -0400
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* Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx> [240627 13:09]:
> Implement binary ioctl()-based interface to /proc/<pid>/maps file to allow
> applications to query VMA information more efficiently than reading *all* VMAs
> nonselectively through text-based interface of /proc/<pid>/maps file.
> 

Thanks for doing this Andrii.  It looks to be a step forward for a lot
of use cases.

Acked-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>

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