[PATCH] Cygwin: mmap: fix mapping beyond EOF on 64 bit

[Brian Inglis]

On 2020-07-20 15:08, Ken Brown via Cygwin-patches wrote:
> On 7/20/2020 4:29 PM, Brian Inglis wrote:
>> On 2020-07-20 09:41, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>> Ultimately, I wonder if we really should keep all the 32 bit OS stuff
>>> in.  The number of real 32 bit systems (not WOW64) is dwindling fast.
>>> Keeping all the AT_ROUND_TO_PAGE stuff in just for what? 2%? of the
>>> systems is really not worth it, I guess.
> [...]
>> If you don't want to ask and perhaps reconsider the impact of your approach,
>> maybe give folks a heads up on the mailing list that the current release will be
>> the last to support 32 bit Windows?
> 
> Corinna didn't propose dropping support for 32 bit Windows.  She proposed
> dropping a feature that works *only* on 32 bit Windows.

Sorry if I misunderstood, but it sounded more drastic than that, and required
for the code to work compatibly on Windows 32 bit, rather than supporting a
different feature that only worked on Windows 32 bit, as anything
non-Linux/BSD/POSIX can be considered non-essential if support is not
widespread, nor essential for critical packages.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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