Hi > If application does mlockall(MCL_FUTURE) it is no longer possible to > mmap file bigger than main memory or allocate big area of anonymous > memory. Sometimes it is desirable to lock everything related to program > execution into memory, but still be able to mmap big file or allocate > huge amount of memory and allow OS to swap them on demand. MAP_UNLOCKED > allows to do that. > > Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <[email protected]>
Why don't you use explicit munlock()? Plus, Can you please elabrate which workload nedd this feature? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
