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From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: mmap(PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED) fails if !writepage.
Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 16:36:49 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <27126.1036859809@passion.cambridge.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211081843010.5564-100000@home.transmeta.com>


dwmw2@infradead.org said:
> Suggested patch below.... or should I just hack fsx-linux to use
> MAP_PRIVATE for its readonly mappings and ignore it? 


torvalds@transmeta.com said:
>  You have two choices: make  gratuitous changes to the kernel to make
> some random test happy, or fix  the test.

> I think you should fix the test. The kernel change buys you _zero_ new
>  features.

Works for me. Thanks for the answer.

--
dwmw2



      reply	other threads:[~2002-11-09 16:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-08 22:49 RFC: mmap(PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED) fails if !writepage David Woodhouse
2002-11-08 23:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-11-08 23:50   ` David Woodhouse
2002-11-09  2:46     ` Linus Torvalds
2002-11-09 16:36       ` David Woodhouse [this message]

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