From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To: Christopher Quinn <cq@htec.demon.co.uk>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: mmap and raw disk devices...
Date: 19 Oct 2001 08:46:05 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1ofn3ofgy.fsf@frodo.biederman.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3BCEFC46.9E8FEF7A@htec.demon.co.uk>
Christopher Quinn <cq@htec.demon.co.uk> writes:
> Hello list,
>
> I tried to mmap a disk partition raw device which failed.
> Can anyone tell me the reason mmap does not support such a
> device?
> I would have thought a mmap/raw-device combination to be ideal as
> a basis for a high performance database system.
>
> I know there is the option of managing memory<->disk movements
> oneself, but my understanding is that handling page-faults via
> signal trap handling is *very* expensive. Far better to leave
> such matters in the hands of the OS.
>
> I suspect there is some fundamental reason for not mmap'ing raw
> devices that is patently obvious to everyone but me!
mmap goes through the page cache. It should work in 2.4.10+
though someone might not have enabled it.
Eric
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