From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
To: "Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali)" <rarakali@cisco.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Multiple instances of program sharing same text segment ?
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:12:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <460023F1.8060102@goop.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <FA6FB5FA4DA6BF4386D129273B2E3EC30183A437@xmb-sjc-214.amer.cisco.com>
Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote:
> I note that do_exec calls do_mmap to map the executable file to memory.
> But not sure what happens(w.r.t text sharing) when another instance of
> the program is invoked. BTW, this is 2.6.10.
Yes, they will be shared. As far as the rest of the kernel is
concerned, an mmap is an mmap is an mmap, and the pages will be shared.
J
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-20 18:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-20 17:47 Multiple instances of program sharing same text segment ? Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali)
2007-03-20 18:12 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge [this message]
2007-03-20 18:22 ` Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali)
2007-03-20 19:40 ` Jeffrey Hundstad
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