shared memory, mmap not recommended?

Hello, In a recent posting Linus Torvalds mentioned (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=97598683318724&w=2) : > (otherwise I'll just end up disabling shared mmap - I doubt anybody really uses it anyway, but it would be more polite to just support it). I was thinking about using mmap

RE: shared memory, mmap not recommended?

> [Linus] > > > (otherwise I'll just end up disabling shared mmap - I > doubt anybody > > > really uses it anyway, but it would be more polite to just support > > > it). > > [Peter Rönnquist] > > I was thinking about using mmap for shared mememory in my program, > > but now I am reconsidering