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From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/mincore: allow for making sys_mincore() privileged
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 3:16 PM Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>>
>> It goes back to forever, it looks like. I can't find a reason.
>
> mincore() was originally added in 2.3.52pre3, it looks like. Around
> 2000 or so. But sadly before the BK history.

Yeah, it's here in the commit titled "Import 2.3.52pre3" (takes a second
or two to load):

  https://github.com/mpe/linux-fullhistory/commit/a1bcda3256956318c95c8da8bee09f79190bb034#diff-fd2d793b8b4760b4887c8c7bbb3451d7R1730

But no further detail.

(Instructions for using that tree https://github.com/mpe/linux-fullhistory/wiki)

cheers