Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] util/oslib-posix: Support MADV_POPULATE_WRITE for os_mem_prealloc()

[David Hildenbrand]

On 16.08.21 11:47, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> #1 is a preparation for improved error reporting, #2 adds support for
> MADV_POPULATE_WRITE, #3 cleans up the code to avoid global variables and
> prepare for concurrency, #4 and #5 optimize thread handling, #6 makes
> os_mem_prealloc() safe to be called from multiple threads concurrently and
> #7 makes the SIGBUS handler coexist cleanly with the MCE SIGBUS handler
> under Linux.
>
> Details regarding MADV_POPULATE_WRITE can be found in introducing upstream
> Linux commits 4ca9b3859dac ("mm/madvise: introduce
> MADV_POPULATE_(READ|WRITE) to prefault page tables") and eb2faa513c24
> ("mm/madvise: report SIGBUS as -EFAULT for MADV_POPULATE_(READ|WRITE)"),
> and in the man page proposal [1].

Gentle ping.


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Thanks,

David / dhildenb