Re: [openib-general] Re: madvise MADV_DONTFORK/MADV_DOFORK

[Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> 
> Like this then?

Almost.  I would still prefer madvise_vma to allow MADV_DONTFORK
on a VM_IO vma, even though it must prohibit MADV_DOFORK there.
But if Linus disagrees, of course ignore me.

Comments much better, thanks.  I didn't get your point about mlock'd
memory, but I'm content to believe you're thinking of an issue that
hasn't occurred to me.

Hugh
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