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Date:      Mon, 28 Sep 1998 06:31:55 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        dg@root.com
Cc:        tlambert@primenet.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: VM mmap file extension bug still exists?
Message-ID:  <199809280631.XAA22753@usr07.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <199809280246.TAA02059@implode.root.com> from "David Greenman" at Sep 27, 98 07:46:52 pm

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> >I don't think this was committed?
> 
>    No, it wasn't. I think the change is wrong, but I need to look more
> carefully at it to be sure. If it does anything at all, it probably only
> narrows the problem, making it even more difficult to find and fix in the
> future. I don't think your other proposed solution is correct, either, but
> I'm not ready to say that with any confidence.

It's definitely a workaround.  The real fix is to add a parementer to
the mapping function.

The real fix is to set the size based on the real size, not rounded to
a page boundary.

I think the race window is actually NULL.

Would you commit a change based on a adding a parameter?  I think I
could get whistle to pay for the time, if your answer was "yes".


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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