Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:20:12 +0000 (GMT) | From | Hugh Dickins <> | Subject | Re: mmap(.., .., PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, .., ..) functionality question |
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On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Steven Schaefer wrote: > > Doesn't mmap(), mind you with PROT_READ and MAP_PRIVATE, first copy the > contents of the file into the swap space and then when the data is accessed > into physical RAM before the CPU can get to it?
No, it does not copy the contents of the file into swap space.
Hugh
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