[PATCH] hugetlb bugfixes
From Rohit Seth 1) Bug fixes (mainly in the unsuccessful attempts of hugepages). i) not modifying the value of key for unsuccessful key allocation ii) Correct usage of mmap_sem in free_hugepages iii) Proper unlocking of key->lock for partial hugepage allocations 2) Include the IPC_LOCK for permission to use hugepages via the syscall interface. This brings the syscall interface into line with the hugetlbfs interface. It also adds permits users who are in the superuser group to access hugetlb resources. This is so that database servers can run without elevated permissions. 3) Increment the key_counts during forks to correctly identify the number of processes references a key.
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