On Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:14:45 +0400 Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > VM_SOFTDIRTY bit affects vma merge routine: if two VMAs has all > bits in vm_flags matched except dirty bit the kernel can't longer > merge them and this forces the kernel to generate new VMAs instead. Do you intend to alter the brk() and binprm code to set VM_SOFTDIRTY? -- 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>