On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 9:52 PM, Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 11:43 PM, Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> At present, kernel supports madvise(MADV_FREE), so can benefit to all >>> related architectures (can grep MADV_WILLNEED or MADV_REMOVE in "arch/" >>> to know about all related architectures). >> >> A similar patch has been posted a while ago: >> >> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-mm/msg81538.html > > Would it be possible to use the same number everywhere? Yes please. It's ridiculous that we still need patches like this. I proposed unifying all this two years ago, but didn't follow up. >From glibc's perspective it would be simpler if we started using the same number everywhere. http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-api/msg02064.html Cheers, Carlos.