Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>:I was just playing with mmap() really for the first time, and I noticed
>:something a bit odd. When you mmap() a file for writing, it also appears
>:to require that you give it read permissions, else it dies on a signal 10.
>
> I've got a few hundred terrabytes of WOM to sell ya!
I'll sell you a few petabytes!
> This is just a byproduct of the MMU implementation. Most MMU's do
> not support write-only maps because most do not implement separate
> read and write bits. You get a valid and a write-enable bit instead,
> or you just get a valid bit and have to use the dirty bit to make the
> page writable (no write-enable bit at all).
Makes sense.
Shouldn't the mmap() return MAP_FAILED, probably with EACCES,
instead of causing a signal 10?
--
Randell Jesup, Worldgate Communications, ex-Scala, ex-Amiga OS team ('88-94)
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