From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tmpfs: fix VM_MAYSHARE mappings for NOMMU
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:40:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160425194051.48148f1a69bdc14ecdcce2fb@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160426004744.GI21636@brightrain.aerifal.cx>
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 20:47:45 -0400 Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 08:41:24PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 05:09:09PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 18:19:44 -0400 Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Subject: [PATCH] tmpfs: fix VM_MAYSHARE mappings for NOMMU
> > >
> > > I take it that "ramfs" was intended here.
> >
> > They're two names for the same thing; I'm not sure which should be
> > preferred.
>
> Or maybe not... the relationship seems more complex, at least
> hisorically, but the ramfs code here is what seems to provide the
> backing for tmpfs (and maybe more?). Sorry for the quick and imprecise
> reply.
I am a simple soul.
Subject: tmpfs/ramfs: fix VM_MAYSHARE mappings for NOMMU
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-26 2:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-22 22:19 Rich Felker
2016-04-26 0:09 ` Andrew Morton
2016-04-26 0:41 ` Rich Felker
2016-04-26 0:47 ` Rich Felker
2016-04-26 2:40 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
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