tree 992e5f59086cc77581fa10b52fb4a46fb3baf3f0
parent 6bfde05bf5c9682e255c6a2c669dc80f91af6296
author Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> 1253577825 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1253629061 -0700

mm: add MAP_HUGETLB for mmaping pseudo-anonymous huge page regions

Add a flag for mmap that will be used to request a huge page region that
will look like anonymous memory to user space.  This is accomplished by
using a file on the internal vfsmount.  MAP_HUGETLB is a modifier of
MAP_ANONYMOUS and so must be specified with it.  The region will behave
the same as a MAP_ANONYMOUS region using small pages.

The patch also adds the MAP_STACK flag, which was previously defined only
on some architectures but not on others.  Since MAP_STACK is meant to be a
hint only, architectures can define it without assigning a specific
meaning to it.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Eric B Munson <ebmunson@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>