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Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF executables

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To: Andi Kleen <andi@...>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...>, <linux-kernel@...>, <linux-mm@...>
Date: Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 12:36 am

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:

I already spelled it out.  Add a new program header entry, point it to
a bit array large enough to cover all loadable segments.

It is not worth creating problems with this invalid extension just for
old binaries.  Just let those go.  New binaries can automatically get
the array and then there are no extra seeks, the format is well
defined, etc.
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[PATCH prototype] [8/8] Add mmap_full_slurp support, Andi Kleen, (Mon Mar 17, 9:09 pm)
[PATCH prototype] [1/8] Give ELF shdr types a name, Andi Kleen, (Mon Mar 17, 9:09 pm)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Ulrich Drepper, (Sat Mar 22, 12:36 am)
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