Messages in this thread | | | From | Tim Hockin <> | Subject | Re: how mmap() works? | Date | Sun, 1 Apr 2001 15:28:05 -0500 (CDT) |
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> Without syncing, Linux writes whenever it thinks it's appropriate, e.g. > when pages have to be freed (I think also when the bdflush writes back > data, i.e. every 30 seconds by default).
what about mmap() on non-filesystem files (/dev/mem, /proc/bus/pci...) ?
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