On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Overall this looks a fairly small change to the rmap code, notably > less intrusive than the nonlinear vmas created by remap_file_pages. Considering that remap_file_pages() was an unmitigated disaster, and -mm has a patch to remove it entirely, I'm not at all convinced this is a good argument. We thought remap_file_pages() was a good idea, and it really really really wasn't. Almost nobody used it, why would the anonymous page case be any different? Linus -- 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>