Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Mar 2004 05:30:25 +0000 | From | viro@parcelfa ... | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.6: mmap complement, fdmap |
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On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 10:43:07PM -0600, Matt Miller wrote: > ``flags'' can be one of O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, or O_RDWR. > > I have verified functionality on ia32 and sparc as these are the only > architectures I currently have some type of access to. To test, start the > kernel configuration process and go under File systems/Pseudo filesystems > and select this option: > > [*] Virtual memory file descriptor mapping support > > Please let me know about any and all suggestions/bugs/flames. I tried to > be as thorough as possible but do suspect that I've missed some things. > I'm looking forward to hearing feedback.
*boggle*
a) what the hell for? b) what happens if I pass such descriptor to another task? c) what happens if I mmap that sucker on the source range of addresses? d) same for loops made of more than one of those... e) see (a) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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