linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, RFD]: Unbreak no-mmu mmap

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Date:	Sat, 9 Jun 2007 14:10:10 -0500
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@...nline.de>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	"Wu, Bryan" <Bryan.Wu@...log.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFD]: Unbreak no-mmu mmap

On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 03:53:49PM +0200, Bernd Schmidt wrote:
> 2. It is no longer possible to get blocks smaller than a page through
>    mmap.  This behaviour was used by simplemalloc, which is an insane
>    way of implementing malloc on nommu systems and hopefully not used
>    by anyone anymore.

That's worrisome. Breaking existing apps/libraries seems like a bad
idea.

-- 
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.
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