Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 8 Feb 2003 22:00:05 -0200 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: mmap inside kernel memory. |
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On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Jerome de Vivie wrote:
> "mmap" seems to be design for mapping file or device inside a process > memory. Is it possible to map a file into the kernel virtual memory ?
In theory yes (using vmalloc space), but you really don't want to.
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