Bug 10972 - KSM support missing: MADV_MERGEABLE and MADV_UNMERGEABLE not defined
Summary: KSM support missing: MADV_MERGEABLE and MADV_UNMERGEABLE not defined
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: glibc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: libc (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ulrich Drepper
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Reported: 2009-11-17 13:36 UTC by Aurelien Jarno
Modified: 2014-07-01 05:21 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Host: x86_64-linux-gnu
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Build: x86_64-linux-gnu
Last reconfirmed:
fweimer: security-

Attachments
Patch for main architectures (659 bytes, patch)
2009-11-17 13:36 UTC, Aurelien Jarno 		Details | Diff
Patch for ports architectures (619 bytes, patch)
2009-11-17 13:37 UTC, Aurelien Jarno 		Details | Diff
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Description Aurelien Jarno 2009-11-17 13:36:12 UTC 
KSM support has been added in kernel 2.6.32, and with it the MADV_MERGEABLE and
MADV_UNMERGEABLE constants:
 
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d19f352484467a5e518639ddff0554669c10ffab

The following patches update glibc headers to also add this constants.
Comment 1 Aurelien Jarno 2009-11-17 13:36:41 UTC 
Created attachment 4390 [details]
Patch for main architectures
Comment 2 Aurelien Jarno 2009-11-17 13:37:14 UTC 
Created attachment 4391 [details]
Patch for ports architectures
Comment 3 Ulrich Drepper 2009-11-17 17:39:10 UTC 
Already fixed in git.  Don't attach patches for ports to the real bug reports.