Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:09:07 +0200 From: Jille Timmermans <jille@quis.cx> To: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mmap() problem Message-ID: <4C4FF3B3.70403@quis.cx> In-Reply-To: <201007281056.43100.hselasky@c2i.net> References: <201007281056.43100.hselasky@c2i.net>
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From close(3):
The close(2) system call does not unmap pages, see munmap(2) for further
information.
The pages can be freed when the process terminates.
-- Jille
Op 28-7-2010 10:56, Hans Petter Selasky schreef:
> Hi,
>
> When is it safe to free memory which has been mmapped to a user-space
> application? After close() or during close() or before close() or when the
> process/thread terminates?
>
> --HPS
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