On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 09:52:36PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > changes: > > make mmap.2 reference mincore > > Done, for 2.33. > > > explicitly state that a read-only MAP_PRIVATE is equivalent to > > MAP_SHARED > > *why?* You do not explain what benefit this serves. Because, upon reflection, it isn't immediately clear from the wording of the page as it exists now. In particular:
Create a private copy-on-write mapping This could be interpretted as meaning "create a new mapping, even if the file is already mapped", which isn't what people usually want, and isn't what it does anyway.. > > An alternative would be to take the commented-out Linus quote embedded > > in mmap.2 which says precisely what I want and create a NOTES section > > out of it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
