From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966097AbXDGQsa (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Apr 2007 12:48:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S966100AbXDGQsa (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Apr 2007 12:48:30 -0400 Received: from waste.org ([66.93.16.53]:60278 "EHLO waste.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966097AbXDGQs3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Apr 2007 12:48:29 -0400 Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:36:00 -0500 From: Matt Mackall To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/13] maps#2: Add /proc/pid/pagemap interface Message-ID: <20070407163600.GN4892@waste.org> References: <1.469046093@selenic.com> <13.469046093@selenic.com> <20070406235510.66115517.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070406235510.66115517.akpm@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 11:55:10PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:03:13 -0500 Matt Mackall wrote: > > > Add /proc/pid/pagemap interface > > > > This interface provides a mapping for each page in an address space to > > its physical page frame number, allowing precise determination of what > > pages are mapped and what pages are shared between processes. > > Could we please have a simple read-proc-pid-pagemap.c placed under > Documentation/ somewhere? Also some sample output for the changelog > so we can see what all this does. Working on that. The userspace portion of my tools are very rough at the moment. And in Python. > Also for kpagemap, please. > > Should /proc/pid/pagemap and kpagemap be versioned? They've both got a variable-sized header, so we can add things there. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.