On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 05:28:39PM -0400, Eric B Munson wrote:
> Extending the mlock system call is very difficult because it currently
> does not take a flags argument.  A later patch in this set will extend
> mlock to support a middle ground between pages that are locked and
> faulted in immediately and unlocked pages.  To pave the way for the new
> system call, the code needs some reorganization so that all the actual
> entry point handles is checking input and translating to VMA flags.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric B Munson <[email protected]>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <[email protected]>
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <[email protected]>

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 Kirill A. Shutemov
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