Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmap.2: MAP_FIXED updated documentation

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Wed Dec 13 2017 - 07:55:52 EST


On Wed 2017-12-13 10:31:10, Michal Hocko wrote:
> From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> -- Expand the documentation to discuss the hazards in
> enough detail to allow avoiding them.
>
> -- Mention the upcoming MAP_FIXED_SAFE flag.

Pretty map everyone agreed MAP_FIXED_SAFE was a bad
name. MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE (IIRC) was best replacement.

Pavel

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