Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add MAP_HUGETLB example to vm/hugetlbpage.txt V2

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Thu Aug 13 2009 - 20:46:47 EST


David Rientjes wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Eric B Munson wrote:
>
>> This patch adds an example of how to use the MAP_HUGETLB flag to
>> the vm documentation.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric B Munson <ebmunson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Changes from V1:
>> Rebase to newest linux-2.6 tree
>> Change MAP_LARGEPAGE to MAP_HUGETLB to match flag name in huge page shm
>>
>> Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt b/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
>> index ea8714f..d30fa1a 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
>> @@ -337,3 +337,83 @@ int main(void)
>>
>> return 0;
>> }
>> +
>> +*******************************************************************
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Example of using hugepage memory in a user application using the mmap
>> + * system call with MAP_LARGEPAGE flag. Before running this program make
>
> s/MAP_LARGEPAGE/MAP_HUGETLB/

I'm (slowly) making source code examples in Documentation/ buildable,
as this one should be, please.

I.e., put it in a separate source file (hugetlbpage.txt can refer to the
source file if you want it to) and add a Makefile similar to other
Makefiles in the Documentation/ tree.

~Randy
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