Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] replace SYSV shared memory with shm filesystem | From | Christoph Rohland <> | Date | 10 Jan 2000 13:46:22 +0100 |
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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
> > replaces/reuses the existing SYSV shm code so you now have to > > mount the fs to be able to use SYSV SHM. But in turn we now have > > everything in place to implement posix shm. This also obsoletes > > vm_private_data in vm_area_struct. > > Umm no. It obsoletes vm_private_data for existing merged file > systems. The stackable file systems still need this field (cryptfs, > lofs etc)
Hey, that's a pity :-( I liked this cleanup. Do they really need it?
> > Also it is now possible to do e.g. 'rm /dev/shm/*' instead of this > >terrible 'ipcrm shm xx' :-) > > Nice
Yup :-)
Greetings Christoph
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