On Sat 02-04-16 21:17:31, Piotr Kwapulinski wrote: > Currently the mmap(MAP_FIXED) discards the overlapping part of the > existing VMA(s). > Introduce the new MAP_DONTUNMAP flag which forces the mmap to fail > with ENOMEM whenever the overlapping occurs and MAP_FIXED is set. > No existing mapping(s) is discarded.
You forgot to tell us what is the use case for this new flag. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
