On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 05:28:39PM -0400, Eric B Munson wrote: > Extending the mlock system call is very difficult because it currently > does not take a flags argument. A later patch in this set will extend > mlock to support a middle ground between pages that are locked and > faulted in immediately and unlocked pages. To pave the way for the new > system call, the code needs some reorganization so that all the actual > entry point handles is checking input and translating to VMA flags. > > Signed-off-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> > Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- Kirill A. Shutemov -- 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>