Re: [PATCH][RFC][0/4] InfiniBand userspace verbs implementation

[Timur Tabi <timur.tabi@ammasso.com>]

Andrew Morton wrote:

> Precisely.  That's why I suggested that we have an alternative vma->vm_flag
> bit which behaves in a similar manner to VM_LOCKED (say, VM_LOCKED_KERNEL),
> only userspace cannot alter it.

How about calling it VM_PINNED?  That way, we can define

Locked - won't be swapped to disk, but can be moved around in memory
Pinned - won't be swapped to disk or moved around in memory

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