Re: RFC: mmap(PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED) fails if !writepage.

From: David Woodhouse (dwmw2@infradead.org)
Date: Sat Nov 09 2002 - 11:36:49 EST

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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

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