Re: [HACKERS] mmap and MAP_ANON

From: dj(at)pelf(dot)harvard(dot)edu (Diab Jerius)
To: maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us
Cc: hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] mmap and MAP_ANON
Date: 1998-05-11 13:39:41
Message-ID: 199805111339.JAA10747@pelf
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I can't find MAP_ANON on Solaris 2.5.1 or 2.5.6. The man
page claims the following options are avaliable:

MAP_SHARED Share changes.
MAP_PRIVATE Changes are private.
MAP_FIXED Interpret addr exactly.
MAP_NORESERVE Don't reserve swap space.

If you'd like, I can send along the whole man page.

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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.
>
> *BSD has it, but I am not sure of the others. I am researching cache
> size issues and the use of mmap vs. SYSV shared memory.
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