Re: [PATCH 1/7] hugetlbfs: Allow the creation of files suitable for MAP

To:	Eric B Munson <ebmunson@us.ibm.com>
Subject:	Re: [PATCH 1/7] hugetlbfs: Allow the creation of files suitable for MAP_PRIVATE on the vfs internal mount
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Date:	Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:06:59 -0700 (PDT)
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On Fri, 18 Sep 2009, Eric B Munson wrote:

> There are two means of creating mappings backed by huge pages:
> 
>         1. mmap() a file created on hugetlbfs
>         2. Use shm which creates a file on an internal mount which essentially
>            maps it MAP_SHARED
> 
> The internal mount is only used for shared mappings but there is very
> little that stops it being used for private mappings. This patch extends
> hugetlbfs_file_setup() to deal with the creation of files that will be
> mapped MAP_PRIVATE on the internal hugetlbfs mount. This extended API is
> used in a subsequent patch to implement the MAP_HUGETLB mmap() flag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Munson <ebmunson@us.ibm.com>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>

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