From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.5 required=3.0 tests=INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDD48C43441 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:58:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 926B6214C4 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:58:13 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 926B6214C4 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1732801AbeKVEde (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Nov 2018 23:33:34 -0500 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:51708 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1731412AbeKVEde (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Nov 2018 23:33:34 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 381F6ACB8; Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:58:10 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 18:58:09 +0100 From: Michal Hocko To: Mike Rapoport Cc: linux-api@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Alexey Dobriyan , linux-mm@kvack.org, LKML , Jan Kara , Dan Williams , David Rientjes Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] mm, proc: be more verbose about unstable VMA flags in /proc//smaps Message-ID: <20181121175809.GT12932@dhcp22.suse.cz> References: <20181120103515.25280-1-mhocko@kernel.org> <20181120103515.25280-2-mhocko@kernel.org> <20181121175427.GB5704@rapoport-lnx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181121175427.GB5704@rapoport-lnx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed 21-11-18 18:54:28, Mike Rapoport wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 11:35:13AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: [...] > > diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt > > index 12a5e6e693b6..b1fda309f067 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt > > @@ -496,7 +496,9 @@ flags associated with the particular virtual memory area in two letter encoded > > > > Note that there is no guarantee that every flag and associated mnemonic will > > be present in all further kernel releases. Things get changed, the flags may > > -be vanished or the reverse -- new added. > > +be vanished or the reverse -- new added. Interpretatation of their meaning > > +might change in future as well. So each consumnent of these flags have to > > consumer? has fixed. Thanks! -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs