From: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
To: John Hubbard <jhubbard-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
Michael Kerrisk
<mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
linux-man <linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Michael Ellerman <mpe-Gsx/Oe8HsFggBc27wqDAHg@public.gmane.org>,
linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org,
LKML <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
linux-arch-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Jann Horn <jannh-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 11:01:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171206100118.GA13979@rei> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2cff594a-b481-269d-dd91-ff2cc2f4100a-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Hi!
> (It does seem unfortunate that the man page cannot help the programmer
> actually write correct code here. He or she is forced to read the kernel
> implementation, in order to figure out the true alignment rules. I was
> hoping we could avoid that.)
It would be nice if we had this information exported somehere so that we
do not have to rely on per-architecture ifdefs.
What about adding MapAligment or something similar to the /proc/meminfo?
--
Cyril Hrubis
chrubis-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-06 10:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-04 2:14 [PATCH v2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation john.hubbard
[not found] ` <20171204021411.4786-1-jhubbard-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2017-12-04 10:55 ` Cyril Hrubis
2017-12-05 2:14 ` John Hubbard
[not found] ` <efb6eae4-7f30-42c3-0efe-0ab5fbf0fdb4-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2017-12-05 7:05 ` Michal Hocko
2017-12-05 7:42 ` John Hubbard
2017-12-05 8:52 ` Michal Hocko
[not found] ` <2cff594a-b481-269d-dd91-ff2cc2f4100a-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2017-12-06 10:01 ` Cyril Hrubis [this message]
2017-12-06 21:21 ` John Hubbard
2017-12-07 12:58 ` Cyril Hrubis
2017-12-07 14:02 ` Michal Hocko
2017-12-09 17:19 ` Pavel Machek
2017-12-10 7:44 ` John Hubbard
2017-12-04 11:31 ` Mike Rapoport
2017-12-05 2:52 ` John Hubbard
[not found] ` <6777116d-ad9e-48c9-0009-01d10274135e-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2017-12-05 7:08 ` Michal Hocko
2017-12-05 7:43 ` John Hubbard
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