Re: [patch] rfc: introduce /dev/hugetlb

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

> -#ifdef HAVE_ARCH_HUGETLB_UNMAPPED_AREA
> -unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
> -		unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags);
> -#else
> -static unsigned long
> +unsigned long
>  hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
>  		unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags)
>  {
> @@ -150,7 +145,6 @@ full_search:
>  		addr = ALIGN(vma->vm_end, HPAGE_SIZE);
>  	}
>  }
> -#endif

WTF ? get_unmapped_area() -has- to be arch in some platforms like
power...

I'm trying to improve the whole get_unmapped_area() to better handle
multiple constraints (cacheability, page size, ...) though I haven't
quite yet settled on an interface I like.

Ben.


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