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From: Filippo Sironi <filippo.sironi@gmail.com>
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I need to access the memory both from user space and kernel space, I =
cannot do that (simply) with an mmap or thread-specific storage if I =
recall correctly.

On 03/dic/2011, at 11.00, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> In message <A842C229-1846-408A-999A-9347770EFE7A@gmail.com>, Filippo =
Sironi wri
> tes:
>=20
> Why don't you just use mmap(2) ?  I couldn't see anything you
> couldn't do with it.
>=20
> There's also support in pthread for thread specific storage, which
> should be your first choice.
>=20
>=20
> --=20
> Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
> phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
> FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe   =20
> Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by =
incompetence.