(2013/05/24 18:02), Maxim Uvarov wrote:
2013/5/24 Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org <mailto:a...@linux-foundation.org>> On Thu, 23 May 2013 14:25:48 +0900 HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatay...@jp.fujitsu.com <mailto:d.hatay...@jp.fujitsu.com>> wrote: > This patch introduces mmap_vmcore(). > > Don't permit writable nor executable mapping even with mprotect() > because this mmap() is aimed at reading crash dump memory. > Non-writable mapping is also requirement of remap_pfn_range() when > mapping linear pages on non-consecutive physical pages; see > is_cow_mapping(). > > Set VM_MIXEDMAP flag to remap memory by remap_pfn_range and by > remap_vmalloc_range_pertial at the same time for a single > vma. do_munmap() can correctly clean partially remapped vma with two > functions in abnormal case. See zap_pte_range(), vm_normal_page() and > their comments for details. > > On x86-32 PAE kernels, mmap() supports at most 16TB memory only. This > limitation comes from the fact that the third argument of > remap_pfn_range(), pfn, is of 32-bit length on x86-32: unsigned long. More reviewing and testing, please. Do you have git pull for both kernel and userland changes? I would like to do some more testing on my machines. Maxim.
Thanks! That's very helpful. -- Thanks. HATAYAMA, Daisuke -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
