On 07/29/2015 05:42 PM, 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> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
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