From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 06:02:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 06:02:37 -0400 Received: from mail.zmailer.org ([194.252.70.162]:34321 "EHLO zmailer.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 06:02:33 -0400 Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:02:22 +0300 From: Matti Aarnio To: alad@hss.hns.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: merge_segment() missing in do_mmap_pgoff in 2.4 Message-ID: <20010806130222.Q11046@mea-ext.zmailer.org> In-Reply-To: <65256AA0.00244DC4.00@sandesh.hss.hns.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <65256AA0.00244DC4.00@sandesh.hss.hns.com>; from alad@hss.hns.com on Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 11:59:28AM +0530 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 11:59:28AM +0530, alad@hss.hns.com wrote: > I was just going through do_mmap_pgoff() in mmap.c. In 2.2 kernels after > inserting the vma in doubly linked list we use to call merge_segments to check > the possibility of merging it with other peer segments. > This thing is missing in 2.4. Is this left out intentionally ?? and why ?? Look at the ongoing thread in linux-kernel list with subject: Re: /proc//maps growing.. > -- > Amol