On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 19:10 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Robert Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > +int ipath_mlock(unsigned long start_page, size_t num_pages, struct > > > > page **p) > > > OK. It's perhaps not a very well named function. > > > > Really? Suggestion for a better name? > > > > ipath_get_user_pages() would cause the least surprise.
Seems reasonable. I'll look at the related functions, too. > > > I don't think we want to be setting the user's VMA's vm_flags in this > > > manner. This is purely to retain the physical page across fork? > > > > I didn't write this bit of the driver, but I believe this is the case. > > Is there a better way of doing this? > > This stuff has been churning a bit lately. I've drawn Hugh Dickins's > attention to the patch - he'd have a better handle on what the best > approach would be. OK then - I'll wait and see. Regards, Robert. -- Robert Walsh Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PathScale, Inc. Phone: +1 650 934 8117 2071 Stierlin Court, Suite 200 Fax: +1 650 428 1969 Mountain View, CA 94043. _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
