Subject: Re: high-volume INN server on netbsd, mmap(), and expire
To: None <perry@piermont.com>
From: Alexis Rosen <alexis@panix.com>
List: current-users
Date: 08/04/1997 14:30:17
On Mon, Aug 04, 1997 at 08:28:12AM -0400, Perry E. Metzger said:
> 
> Alexis Rosen writes:
> > 1) mmap()- Has anyone had any problem with using the mmap() support in the
> > dbz library? What about the shared-active patch or actived? As I understand
> > it, this *should* work just fine. Does it? I'd *really* hate to find out
> > the hard way...
> 
> mmap() still has the occassional glitch under the current VM
> system. If you are having trouble, yanking it might help. Then again,
> it might not...

Do you mean the problem that using write() on the mmaped file will break
things? INN is careful not to do that.

/a