lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2000]   [Sep]   [2]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    Date
    From
    SubjectRe: thread rant

    On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Alexander Viro wrote:

    > Why? I would say that bad thing about SysV shared memory is that it's
    > _not_ sufficiently filesystem-thing - a special API where 'create a
    > file on ramfs and bloody mmap() it' would be sufficient. Why bother
    > with special sets of syscalls?

    what i mean is that i dont like the cleanup issues associated with SysV
    shared memory - eg. it can hang around even if all users have exited, so
    auto-cleanup of resources is not possible.

    Ingo

    -
    To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
    the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
    Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2005-03-22 12:38    [W:2.482 / U:0.460 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site