Oops. I'm sorry! This was an email all the from last october! I didn't
mean to resurrect the thread :-)
-Matt
:ehlo.
:
: I was told that diff format I used is unappropriate for most cases,
: so I redo it in unified (-u) format.
:
: Purpose: t
Ok, there are two rather serious problems with this patch:
(1) When you use a MAP_PRIVATE mapping, modifications to the mapped memory
are backed by swap, not by the file. That is what MAP_PRIVATE does
by definition.
(2) You can't safely use MAP_SHARED unless you also
ehlo.
I was told that diff format I used is unappropriate for most cases,
so I redo it in unified (-u) format.
Purpose: to allow developers of large applications to use system
memory allocation routines for allocating in mmap()ed file
instead of writing own ones. Also, allow to run app
ehlo.
> I once had a patch to phkmalloc() which backed all malloc'ed VM with
> hidden files in the users homedir. It was written to put the VM
> usage under QUOTA control, but it had many useful side effects as well.
>
> I can't seem to find it right now, but it is trivial to do: just
> replace
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