Anonymous VMA name support
configname: CONFIG_ANON_VMA_NAME
Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Memory Management options
└─>Anonymous VMA name support
In linux kernel since version 5.2 (release Date: 2019-07-07)
Allow naming anonymous virtual memory areas.
This feature allows assigning names to virtual memory areas. Assigned
names can be later retrieved from /proc/pid/maps and /proc/pid/smaps
and help identifying individual anonymous memory areas.
Assigning a name to anonymous virtual memory area might prevent that
area from being merged with adjacent virtual memory areas due to the
difference in their name.
This feature allows assigning names to virtual memory areas. Assigned
names can be later retrieved from /proc/pid/maps and /proc/pid/smaps
and help identifying individual anonymous memory areas.
Assigning a name to anonymous virtual memory area might prevent that
area from being merged with adjacent virtual memory areas due to the
difference in their name.