Reply to post: Hands up everyone that’s heard of mincore(2)

Linus Torvalds opts for the scream test: Linux kernel syscall tweaked to shut data-leak hole – anyone upset, yell now

jch
Linux

Hands up everyone that’s heard of mincore(2)

OK. Anyone who hasn’t used it in anger, please put your hands down.

Who’s left?

The authors of the paper noted that in their admittedly limited test that mincore wasn’t even called once.

I’m sure there is a good use for it, but I’m unsure what.

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