Re: [PATCH 1/2] remap file pages MAP_NONBLOCK fix

[Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>]

On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Or we could just kill remap_file_pages(), because it's a PITA to
> maintain and it has maybe 10 legitimate users in the entire world...

It has its uses.  I just don't think it should support
a non-mlocked VMA or deal with files being truncated.

The remap_file_pages we have in Taroon is pretty light
weight. I hope the implementation in 2.6 will be
simplified too ;)

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