From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 8 10:42:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from penelope.skunk.org (penelope.skunk.org [208.133.204.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FD1E14C04 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 10:23:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ben@penelope.skunk.org) Received: from localhost (ben@localhost) by penelope.skunk.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA28047; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 13:32:40 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 13:32:39 -0500 (EST) From: Ben Rosengart To: Matthew Dillon Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Getting a new MAP_ flag into mmap() prior to 4.x freeze In-Reply-To: <199912081721.JAA37897@apollo.backplane.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > Operationally, the syncer will not sync the file while any mmap()'s > exist with that flag set. Once such flagged maps go away, the syncer > will be able to sync the file (if it still exists). > > Comments are welcome. I assume that this flag would require write permission to the file, to prevent bad security implications? -- Ben Rosengart UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group StarMedia Network, Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message