remap_file_pages doesn't like MAP_ANONYMOUS (but used to?)

[Kenny Simpson]

Hello,
  In older kernels (2.6.15-2.6.18?) I was able to make an anonymous mapping and remap part of it back over itself to create a circular buffer:
  p = mmap(0, sz, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0)
  remap_file_pages(p + sz/2, sz/2, 0/*prot*/, 0/*offset*/, 0/*flags*/)

I find the same method fails with EINVAL on the remap_file_pages call in 2.6.35/38.  Making a dummy file or shared memory object works, but seems a bit more messy.

Why drop support for ANONYMOUS?  Is there another way to get the same effect?

thanks,
-Kenny



      
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