On 05/30/2013 05:14 PM, Maxim Uvarov wrote: > > > > 2013/5/27 HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:d.hatayama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > > (2013/05/24 18:02), Maxim Uvarov wrote: > > > > > 2013/5/24 Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:akpm@linux-foundation.__org <mailto:akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> > > > On Thu, 23 May 2013 14:25:48 +0900 HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:d.hatayama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:d.hatayama@jp.fujitsu.__com <mailto:d.hatayama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote: > > > This patch introduces mmap_vmcore(). > > > > Don't permit writable nor executable mapping even with mprotect() > > because this mmap() is aimed at reading crash dump memory. > > Non-writable mapping is also requirement of remap_pfn_range() when > > mapping linear pages on non-consecutive physical pages; see > > is_cow_mapping(). > > > > Set VM_MIXEDMAP flag to remap memory by remap_pfn_range and by > > remap_vmalloc_range_pertial at the same time for a single > > vma. do_munmap() can correctly clean partially remapped vma with two > > functions in abnormal case. See zap_pte_range(), vm_normal_page() and > > their comments for details. > > > > On x86-32 PAE kernels, mmap() supports at most 16TB memory only. This > > limitation comes from the fact that the third argument of > > remap_pfn_range(), pfn, is of 32-bit length on x86-32: unsigned long. > > More reviewing and testing, please. > > > Do you have git pull for both kernel and userland changes? I would like to do some more testing on my machines. > > Maxim. > > > Thanks! That's very helpful. > > -- > Thanks. > HATAYAMA, Daisuke > > Any update for this? Where can I checkout all sources? This series is now in Andrew Morton's -mm tree. -- Thanks. Zhang Yanfei -- 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>