Re: /proc/<n>/maps getting _VERY_ long

[H. Peter Anvin]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> These days, the vma's just have too much information, and the
> page tables
> can't be counted on to have enough bits.
> 

Note that it isn't very hard to deal with *that* problem, *if you want 
to*... you just need to maintain a shadow data structure in the same 
format as the page tables and stuff your software bits in there.

Whether or not that is a good idea is another issue entirely, however, 
on some level it would make sense to separate protection from all the 
other VM things...

	-hpa