Subject: Re: high-volume INN server on netbsd, mmap(), and expire
To: Scott Reynolds <scottr@plexus.com>
From: Alexis Rosen <alexis@panix.com>
List: current-users
Date: 08/04/1997 14:31:58
On Mon, Aug 04, 1997 at 07:46:23AM -0500, Scott Reynolds said:
> On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
> > 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...
>
> Configure INN to avoid using mmap(); while I don't think there is any
> problem if the file is accessed using mmap() exclusively, going through
> the buffer cache can introduce inconsistencies (i.e. using
> read(2)/write(2)).
Do you think INN does this or are you being cautious?
/a