What does MAP_EXECUTABLE do?

Ray Lischner
2001-08-09T23:42:28Z

Running man mmap produces the enlightening text, "Linux also knows
about ... MAP_EXECUTABLE ..." but does nto tell me what MAP_EXECUTABLE
actually does, and how it differs from using PROT_EXEC. Reading the
source code has not helped me much.
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Ray Lischner (http://www.tempest-sw.com/)