Re: [PATCH, RFD] Unbreaking nommu mmap, v2

From: Bernd Schmidt
Date: Wed May 28 2008 - 12:53:09 EST


David Howells wrote:
Note that this patch unconditionally trims allocations, whereas on yours this
is optional. That can be easily remedied, if, in fact, the ability to request
untrimmed allocations is worth doing.

Have you investigated the effect on fragmentation? I backed off on trimming allocations, as it gave unacceptable results.

Is this patch different from the ones I tested last year? They were not stable in my tests back then (fragmentation may have been an issue).


Bernd
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