Re: Non continuous VM address space

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

Phy Prabab wrote:
> Sometimes the next memory
> allocation is several megs above where the previous mapping came from.
> Is this possible?

The kernel is free to place mmaped memory whereever it likes unless you
use MAP_FIXED and specify an address.

    J
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