Re: [patch 2/3] MAP_NOZERO - implement sys_brk2()

[Davide Libenzi]

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

> On 6/26/07, Davide Libenzi <davidel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The following patch implements the sys_brk2() syscall, that nothing is
> > other than a sys_brk() with an extra "flags" parameter.
> 
> Shouldn't we wait for Linus' sys_indirect to arrive and make this
> another syscall which takes advantage of it?

I acutally have the code for it, but I never posted it since it did not 
receive a too warm review (and the only user was the fdmap thingy).
OTOH glibc could implement __morecore using mmap(MAP_NOZERO), and hence 
brk2() would not be needed, no?



- Davide


-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/