> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 11:50:18AM -0700, Matthew Dempsky wrote:
> > Diff below defines MAP_ANONYMOUS as a synonym for MAP_ANON, keeping
> > MAP_ANON as canonical in following BSD heritage.
> 
> If MAP_ANON is going to be the canonical value then shouldn't you
> change MAP_PRIVATE to MAP_ANON instead of MAP_ANONYMOUS in mmap.2?

Matthew is being quite precise.  From many perspectives, MAP_ANON has
always been hte canonical value because it clearly arrived first.

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