Re: [RFC PATCH 07/13] kernel/fork: Split and export 'mm_alloc' and 'mm_init'

2017-03-14 Thread Till Smejkal
On Tue, 14 Mar 2017, David Laight wrote: > From: Linuxppc-dev Till Smejkal > > Sent: 13 March 2017 22:14 > > The only way until now to create a new memory map was via the exported > > function 'mm_alloc'. Unfortunately, this function not only allocates a new > > memory map, but also completely

RE: [RFC PATCH 07/13] kernel/fork: Split and export 'mm_alloc' and 'mm_init'

2017-03-14 Thread David Laight
From: Linuxppc-dev Till Smejkal > Sent: 13 March 2017 22:14 > The only way until now to create a new memory map was via the exported > function 'mm_alloc'. Unfortunately, this function not only allocates a new > memory map, but also completely initializes it. However, with the > introduction of