Missing MAP_HUGETLB flag from glibc headers

Eric B Munson emunson@mgebm.net
Wed Dec 1 21:08:00 GMT 2010


On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, Eric B Munson wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am working on some functionality for libhugetlbfs and I would like
> to start using MAP_HUGETLB for access to huge pages without mounting
> hugetlbfs.  I noticed that this flag went into the kernel for 2.6.32
> but my Ubuntu Maverick and my Fedora 13 installs do not have the flag
> in the glibc headers.  What needs to be done to get the flag added to
> the gibc headers?
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric Munson

I am not sure if this is the wrong list for this question, but I don't
see MAP_HUGETLB defined in the latest git source either.  What needs to
be done to include this flag?

Thanks,
Eric Munson
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