Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com (Raphael Manfredi) said:
> Quoting Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> from ml.linux.kernel:
> :Neither. You asked for 8K the kernel allows a bit more for BSD compatibility
> :and other things. You query and it gives back the size it chose
> I understand the kernel can choose to allocate more than requested.
> Even double the size. But it should be consistent, i.e. if when I request
> x it allocates 2x, then when I ask the size, I want to know x, not 2x.
> Otherwise, how can the application behave sanely if it want to vary the
> size?
By keeping track of the number, if needed?
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