Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 21:57:36 -0800 From: Farooq Mela <fmela0@sm.socccd.cc.ca.us> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recv() to a mmap'ed file? Message-ID: <3C8EEA50.C3E17315@sm.socccd.cc.ca.us> References: <3C8E6CD5.67F23CF2@sm.socccd.cc.ca.us> <20020312214851.GK92565@elvis.mu.org>
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Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > * Farooq Mela <fmela0@sm.socccd.cc.ca.us> [020312 13:01] wrote: > > > > Rather than the usual recv() to a fixed size buffer, write() to the > > file descriptor, loop, etc. However when I try to do this recv gives > > me back an EFAULT (bad address). Is there a limitation of the > > architecture which does not allows us to recv() to an mmap'ed area of > > a file, or is it just something which hasn't been implemented? > > You may not extend a file using mmap(2), you must use ftuncate(2) > or write(2). > > -Alfred I am aware of this, this is why I stated: > /* file_fd points to a regular file which is filled with SIZE nul > bytes */ The file is already the required size. -- Farooq <Farooq@WhatTheFuck.Com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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