From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:21:40 -0300 (BRST) From: Rik van Riel Reply-To: riel@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: mmap64? In-Reply-To: <20000424190754.B1566@redhat.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: "Stephen C. Tweedie" Cc: Jason Titus , linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote: > On Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 06:30:35PM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote: > > > > Eurhmm, exactly where in the address space of your process are > > you going to map this file? > > mmap64() is defined to allow you to map arbitrary regions of > large files into your address space. You don't have to map the > whole file. To be more precise, you _can't_ map the whole file, which seemed to be what the original poster was asking for... cheers, Rik -- The Internet is not a network of computers. It is a network of people. That is its real strength. Wanna talk about the kernel? irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies http://www.conectiva.com/ http://www.surriel.com/ -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/