> > Hi Kautuk, > > IMHO, running application with root privilege is too dangerous. We > should avoid it. > I agree, but that's not my point. All I'm saying is that we probably don't want to give normal unprivileged usermode apps the capability to set the mapping to AS_UNEVICTABLE as anyone can then write an application that hogs memory without allowing the kernel to free it through memory reclaim. -- 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