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List:       linux-fsdevel
Subject:    Re: v9fs writepage
From:       Miklos Szeredi <miklos () szeredi ! hu>
Date:       2005-04-30 21:44:29
Message-ID: E1DRzlF-0003WP-00 () dorka ! pomaz ! szeredi ! hu
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> > > 	c) mmap() is and ever had been optional.  If userland code breaks
> > > due to mmap() not working for some file - it's already fs-dependent.
> > 
> > Well, read only mapping is used by everything.  Can ld.so get along
> > without it?
> 
> Yes, it can.

Maybe, but even before that the elf loader seems to fall over.

So either the kernel needs to be fixed, or read only mmap _is_ needed
to be able to execute programs.

Miklos
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