Re: [PATCH 2/3] Add MAP_LARGEPAGE for mmaping pseudo-anonymous huge page regions

[Michael Kerrisk]

Eric,

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Eric B Munson<ebmunson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This patch adds a flag for mmap that will be used to request a huge
> page region that will look like anonymous memory to user space.  This
> is accomplished by using a file on the internal vfsmount.  MAP_LARGEPAGE
> is a modifier of MAP_ANONYMOUS and so must be specified with it.  The
> region will behave the same as a MAP_ANONYMOUS region using small pages.

Does this flag provide functionality analogous to shmget(SHM_HUGETLB)?
If so, would iot not make sense to name it similarly (i.e.,
MAP_HUGETLB)?

Cheers,

Michael

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