[RFC] SysV SHM on 64-bit platforms
Jung-uk Kim
jkim at FreeBSD.org
Sat Jan 19 00:08:30 PST 2008
While I was working on kern/113218, I realized it is a bigger problem
than I originally thought:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=113218
Because fixing this PR breaks ABI, I had to make compat shims. But
the question is which branch to break? Since we are very close to
7.0-RELEASE, the question became more complicated. A lot of people
are asking me to fix this PR because it is much needed fix for large
database installations, so I have to make a quick decision. :-(
I think I have four options (with corresponding patches):
- Option 1: HEAD.
HEAD: http://people.freebsd.org/~jkim/shmmax8o.diff
- Option 2: HEAD and RELENG_7.
HEAD: http://people.freebsd.org/~jkim/shmmax8c2.diff
RELENG_7: http://people.freebsd.org/~jkim/shmmax7s2.diff
- Option 3: HEAD, RELENG_7, and RELENG_7_0.
HEAD: http://people.freebsd.org/~jkim/shmmax8c.diff
RELENG_7: http://people.freebsd.org/~jkim/shmmax7s.diff
RELENG_7_0: http://people.freebsd.org/~jkim/shmmax70.diff
- Option 4: Don't do anything ATM. Break it with ipc_perm later.
FYI, fixing ipc_perm is a lot more complicated and very intrusive.
What do I do now? Do I have any other options?
Jung-uk Kim
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