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Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:58:00 +0100 From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de> Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Really good idea to allow mmap(0, FIXED)? Ar Iau, 2006-10-05 am 20:59 +0200, ysgrifennodd Michael Buesch: > Is is really a good idea to allow processes to remap something > to address 0? It is very useful indeed. Consider for example dosemu. > Besides that, I currently don't see a valid reason to mmap address 0. > > Comments? User zero is not neccessarily mapped at kernel zero so your argument isn't portable either. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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