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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] vmscan: make mapped executable pages the first
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> The patch seems reasonable but the changelog and the (non-existent)
> design documentation could do with a touch-up.

Is it right that I as a user can do things like mmap my database
PROT_EXEC to get better database numbers by making other
stuff swap first ?

You seem to be giving everyone a "nice my process up" hack.

Alan