Re: Bug? Sparc linux defines MAP_LOCKED == MAP_GROWSDOWN

David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Sat, 18 Jan 2003 03:49:49 -0800 (PST)


From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 08:53:31 +0000

I.e. I suggest renumbering MAP_GROWSDOWN in <asm-sparc{,64}/mman.h>.
Nobody in userspace will be using that, whereas there probably are a
few programs using MAP_LOCKED, and getting MAP_GROWSDOWN behaviour as
a bonus is a genuine bug.

I agree.
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