Re: Improving mmap() support for !MMU further

2005-03-02 Thread Andrew Morton
David Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Linus, > > I'd like to improve mmap() support on !MMU still further by overloading struct > backing_dev_info::memory_backed to hold flags describing what the backing > device is capable of with respect to direct memory access. ->memory_backed is

Improving mmap() support for !MMU further

2005-03-02 Thread David Howells
Hi Linus, I'd like to improve mmap() support on !MMU still further by overloading struct backing_dev_info::memory_backed to hold flags describing what the backing device is capable of with respect to direct memory access. (*) If bdi->memory_backed is 0, then the backing device is not

Improving mmap() support for !MMU further

2005-03-02 Thread David Howells
Hi Linus, I'd like to improve mmap() support on !MMU still further by overloading struct backing_dev_info::memory_backed to hold flags describing what the backing device is capable of with respect to direct memory access. (*) If bdi-memory_backed is 0, then the backing device is not accessible

Re: Improving mmap() support for !MMU further

2005-03-02 Thread Andrew Morton
David Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Linus, I'd like to improve mmap() support on !MMU still further by overloading struct backing_dev_info::memory_backed to hold flags describing what the backing device is capable of with respect to direct memory access. -memory_backed is already