Re: [HACKERS] mmap and MAP_ANON

From: ocie(at)paracel(dot)com
To: maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us (Bruce Momjian)
Cc: hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] mmap and MAP_ANON
Date: 1998-05-11 20:56:25
Message-ID: 9805112056.AA04597@dolomite.paracel.com
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> 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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