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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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