> There seem to be some misconceptions about what we are really
> doing. We map a shared(*1), read-only copy of the file into
> our address space, we don't allocate any memory, we don't
> operate on the mmap'ed area, and this does not change when
> you "add headers or do something else to really large files".
Yes, I didn't understand the underlying nature of mmap correctly. After
Thies' message yesterday I did some reading and agree with you. The mmap
approach is good provided the OS doesn't screw up along the way.
-Rasmus
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