subject:"\[PATCH,HURD\] mmap\: Use addr parameter even without MAP_FIXED"

Re: [PATCH,HURD] mmap: Use addr parameter even without MAP_FIXED

2012-01-23 Thread Roland McGrath

Applied. Thanks, Roland

[PATCH,HURD] mmap: Use addr parameter even without MAP_FIXED

2011-12-27 Thread Samuel Thibault

Hello, POSIX says that mmap should take the addr parameter as a suggestion in an implementation-defined manner. On GNU/Hurd it's atm not used at all. Some applications (such as firefox) frown on this and just busy-loop. This makes mmap try with anywhere = 0 when addr is non-zero, before trying w