Re: [PATCH v8 22/23] mm: Enable PTE markers by default

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On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 09:46:07AM -0400, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> My point was simply that for the user it might be easiest and most
> intuitive if userfaultfd and its related suboptions are 1) grouped
> together and 2) in the MM submenu.

Very reasonable request.

> Yeah it looks like there is a healthy mix ;) To add to the list:
> 
> - mm/Kconfig has CONFIG_SWAP for the swapon/swapoff syscalls.
> - fs/Kconfig has CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING, which adds the flock() syscall.
> - Interestingly, fs/Kconfig has CONFIG_MEMFD_CREATE for memfd_create()
>   which is implemented in mm/memfd.c.
> 
> It seems reasonable to me to move the userfaultfd stuff to mm as well,
> especially when it's becoming more than just a single binary question
> on whether you want a syscall or not, and has MM-specific suboptions.

Thanks for the extra information!

Obviously as you said it's growing a little bit.  I'll give it a shot later
today.

-- 
Peter Xu





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