Possible bug in sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/mmap64.c

Ulrich Drepper drepper@redhat.com
Sat May 19 16:33:00 GMT 2001


"H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:

> 1. Even on PPC, the kernel page size may change.
> 2. Linux may have variable page size one day.
> 3. sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/mmap64.c is included by
> sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/mmap64.c and other ports may do the
> same.

You are once again creating problems where there are none.  Don't
complicate the implementation unless necessary.

> Like this?

Yes, but I see no need.  Find somebody who's responsible for this
stuff in the kernel and get the input.

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