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From ocie@paracel.com
Subject Re: [HACKERS] mmap and MAP_ANON
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Msg-id 9805112056.AA04597@dolomite.paracel.com
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In response to mmap and MAP_ANON  (Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] mmap and MAP_ANON  (Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
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> Would people tell me what platforms do NOT support the MAP_ANON flag to
> the mmap() system call?  You should find it in the mmap() manual page.

Doesn't seem to appear in Linux (2.0.30 kernel).  As another poster
commented, /dev/zero can be mapped for anonymous memory.

Ocie Mitchell

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