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Re: [HACKERS] mmap and MAP_ANON

ocie@paracel.com

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From: ocie@paracel.com
To: maillist@candle.pha.pa.us (Bruce Momjian)
Cc: hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-05-11T20:56:25Z
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.

Ocie Mitchell