Re: [HACKERS] mmap and MAP_ANON

Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: ocie@paracel.com
Cc: hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-05-12T16:50:14Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> 
> 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.
> 

OK, who doesn't have /dev/zero?


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