Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] mm, proc: be more verbose about unstable VMA flags in /proc/<pid>/smaps

On Wed 21-11-18 18:54:28, Mike Rapoport wrote:

On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 11:35:13AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:

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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 12a5e6e693b6..b1fda309f067 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt

@@ -496,7 +496,9 @@ flags associated with the particular virtual memory area in two letter encoded

 Note that there is no guarantee that every flag and associated mnemonic will
 be present in all further kernel releases. Things get changed, the flags may
-be vanished or the reverse -- new added.
+be vanished or the reverse -- new added. Interpretatation of their meaning
+might change in future as well. So each consumnent of these flags have to

                                           consumer?                 has

fixed. Thanks!

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs