mmap/munmap with zero length
Alexander Best
alexbestms at math.uni-muenster.de
Sat Jul 4 22:48:48 UTC 2009
i'm wondering why mmap and munmap behave differently when it comes to a length
argument of zero. allocating memory with mmap for a zero length file returns a
valid pointer to the mapped region.
munmap however isn't able to remove a mapping with no length.
wouldn't it be better to either forbid this in mmap or to allow it in munmap?
cheers.
alex
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