On 08/22/2011 03:17 AM, Vasiliy Kulikov wrote: > Hi Ingo, Peter, Thomas, > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 13:05 +0400, Vasiliy Kulikov wrote: >> As the changes are not intrusive, we'd want to see this feature in the >> upstream kernel. If you know why the patch cannot be a part of the >> upstream kernel - please tell me, I'll try to address the issues. > > Any comments on the RFC? Otherwise, may I resend it as a PATCH for > inclusion? > > Thanks! Conceptually: I also have to admit to being somewhat skeptical to the concept on a littleendian architecture like x86. Code-wise: The code is horrific; it is full of open-coded magic numbers; it also puts a function called arch_get_unmapped_exec_area() in a generic file, which could best be described as "WTF" -- the arch_ prefix we use specifically to denote a per-architecture hook function. As such, your claim that the changes are not intrusive is plain false. -hpa -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>