Re: posix 4 extensions

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 31 Jul 1996 19:32:19 +0100 (BST)


> What about the posix.4 shared memory objects? Any chance we might ever
> see them? The ability to map shared memory segments to the same
> logical address in several different processes would make the use of
> pointers in shared memory possible.

Both mmap() and SYS5 shared memory can already do that