Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] mm: Define VM_DROPPABLE for powerpc/32

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Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Commit 9651fcedf7b9 ("mm: add MAP_DROPPABLE for designating always
> lazily freeable mappings") only adds VM_DROPPABLE for 64 bits
> architectures.
>
> In order to also use the getrandom vDSO implementation on powerpc/32,
> use VM_ARCH_1 for VM_DROPPABLE on powerpc/32. This is possible because
> VM_ARCH_1 is used for VM_SAO on powerpc and VM_SAO is only for
> powerpc/64.

Also, there can't be any existing users of VM_SAO on 32-bit, because PROT_SAO
(which maps to VM_SAO) is only accepted on CPUs that support SAO, and
those CPUs are all 64-bit.

cheers




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