Re: mmap(.., .., PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, .., ..) functionality
Hugh Dickins (hugh@veritas.com)
Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:20:12 +0000 (GMT)
On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Steven Schaefer wrote:
>
> Doesn't mmap(), mind you with PROT_READ and MAP_PRIVATE, first copy the
> contents of the file into the swap space and then when the data is accessed
> into physical RAM before the CPU can get to it?
No, it does not copy the contents of the file into swap space.
Hugh
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