dl-load.c suggestion

[Ulrich Drepper]

Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com> writes:

> > You mean:
> > 
> > 	- mmap the entire file
> 
> No, just all the segments as a contiguous region.  
> Please note how the function already works; I think you have forgotten.

This is not what I meant.  I thought about mapping the entire file
immediately when we have to get the header.  With Richard's patch we
now simply load it.  Anyhow, I don't really see how one can load all
segments in one region.  The boundaries between code (R-X) and data
(RW-) is in the object file right where the code ends.  There is no
padding for page size and the loader has to pay attention of loading
the last code/first data page twice.  All the addresses are computed
based on this and therefore it's not possible to use one single
region.

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