Re: [PATCH] allow vma merging with mlock et. al.

From: Hugh Dickins (hugh_at_veritas.com)
Date: 02/28/05

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    Date:	Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:53:41 +0000 (GMT)
To: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>

    On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Chris Wright wrote:
    >
    > Successive mlock/munlock calls can leave fragmented vmas because they can
    > be split but not merged. Give mlock et. al. full vma merging support.
    > While we're at it, move *pprev assignment above first split_vma in
    > mprotect_fixup to keep it in step with mlock_fixup (which for mlockall
    > ignores errors yet still needs a valid prev pointer).
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>

    Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
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