On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > That seems to rather defeat the point of using a VMA, though. There never was any point in using a VMA per se. The point was always to just map the damn thing in the user page tables, wasn't it? The vma bit was just an implementation detail. Linus -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>