Re: merge_segment() missing in do_mmap_pgoff in 2.4

[Matti Aarnio]

On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 11:59:28AM +0530, [e-mail] wrote:
> I was just going through do_mmap_pgoff()  in mmap.c. In 2.2 kernels after
> inserting the vma in doubly linked list we use to call merge_segments to check
> the possibility of merging it with other peer segments.
> This thing is missing in 2.4. Is this left out intentionally ?? and why ??

  Look at the ongoing thread in   linux-kernel  list with subject:
	Re: /proc/<n>/maps growing..

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> Amol