Re: [PATCH] VM accounting 3/3 noreserve

[David Mosberger]

>>>>> On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 18:29:22 +0100 (BST), Hugh Dickins <[e-mail]> said:

  Hugh> MAP_NORESERVE handling remains odd: doesn't have its own
  Hugh> VM_flag, so mprotect a private readonly MAP_NORESERVE mapping
  Hugh> to writable and the reservation is then made/checked (see
  Hugh> vmacct2 patch).  I don't mind adding VM_NORESERVE to fix that
  Hugh> later, if MAP_NORESERVE users think it necessary: David?

Well, if we support MAP_NORESERVE, we ought to do it consistently and
correctly (note: my original report was triggered by a third party
getting confused because MAP_NORESERVE didn't work as expected).

	--david