[PATCH 0/12] Pass MAP_FIXED down to get_unmapped_area

2007-04-23 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
This is a "first step" as there are still cleanups to be done in various areas touched by that code but I think it's probably good to go as is and at least enables me to implement what I need for PowerPC. (Andrew, this is also candidate for 2.6.22 since I haven't had any real objection, mostly

[PATCH 0/12] Pass MAP_FIXED down to get_unmapped_area

2007-04-23 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
This is a first step as there are still cleanups to be done in various areas touched by that code but I think it's probably good to go as is and at least enables me to implement what I need for PowerPC. (Andrew, this is also candidate for 2.6.22 since I haven't had any real objection, mostly

Re: [PATCH 0/12] Pass MAP_FIXED down to get_unmapped_area

2007-04-11 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> Is there any support consideration for nommu arch such as blackfin which > is in the -mm tree now? > > It is very kind of you to point out some idea about MAP_FIXED for > Blackfin arch, I will do some help for this. Right now, my understanding is that nommu archs just reject MAP_FIXED

Re: [PATCH 0/12] Pass MAP_FIXED down to get_unmapped_area

2007-04-11 Thread Wu, Bryan
On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 12:20 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > This is a "first step" as there are still cleanups to be done in various > areas touched by that code but I think it's probably good to go as is and > at least enables me to implement what I need for PowerPC. > > (Andrew, this is

[PATCH 0/12] Pass MAP_FIXED down to get_unmapped_area

2007-04-11 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
This is a "first step" as there are still cleanups to be done in various areas touched by that code but I think it's probably good to go as is and at least enables me to implement what I need for PowerPC. (Andrew, this is also candidate for 2.6.22 since I haven't had any real objection, mostly

[PATCH 0/12] Pass MAP_FIXED down to get_unmapped_area

2007-04-11 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
This is a first step as there are still cleanups to be done in various areas touched by that code but I think it's probably good to go as is and at least enables me to implement what I need for PowerPC. (Andrew, this is also candidate for 2.6.22 since I haven't had any real objection, mostly

Re: [PATCH 0/12] Pass MAP_FIXED down to get_unmapped_area

2007-04-11 Thread Wu, Bryan
On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 12:20 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: This is a first step as there are still cleanups to be done in various areas touched by that code but I think it's probably good to go as is and at least enables me to implement what I need for PowerPC. (Andrew, this is also

Re: [PATCH 0/12] Pass MAP_FIXED down to get_unmapped_area

2007-04-11 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Is there any support consideration for nommu arch such as blackfin which is in the -mm tree now? It is very kind of you to point out some idea about MAP_FIXED for Blackfin arch, I will do some help for this. Right now, my understanding is that nommu archs just reject MAP_FIXED outright...