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    [PATCH] hugetlb bugfixes · f19dc938
    Andrew Morton authored
    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.
    f19dc938
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