Subject: Re: sysv shm eating up kernel VM
To: Matthias Drochner <drochner@zelux6.zel.kfa-juelich.de>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/05/1997 09:09:20
On Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:39:21 +0200 (MET DST) 
 Matthias Drochner <drochner@zelux6.zel.kfa-juelich.de> wrote:

 > Is somebody working on this?
 > Would it work to borrow from FreeBSD code (which
 > doesn't map shm into kernel space)?

I think it might be worth pursuing something like they have done, yes.
Personally, I see zero reason why it needs to be mapped into kernel
space in the first place.

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