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Re: [PATCH] Fix i386 memmove issue [BZ #22644]


On 03/19/2018 03:25 PM, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
i thought not using MAP_FIXED is the 'non-overriding MAP_FIXED variant'

In general, yes. But I think there cases where the hint is ignored even if there isn't a pre-existing mapping. Maybe mapping things at the middle of the (32-bit) address space is one such case?

Thanks,
Florian


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