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der Mouse wrote:

> > Removal of the brk() and sbrk() interfaces, or actually: stop using
> > the break() system call for process heap.
> 
> What about legacy static binaries?  ISTM the scheme you propose is a
> win only if you put mmap segments immediately after _end (give or take
> a page or so), but that will break legacy binaries that expect to use
> brk().
> 
> Or Am I Missing Something?

Isn't that covered with

	Set sys_obreak() in kernel #ifdef COMPAT_15 and change start
	of mmap space calculation. Quite straightforward.

?

Simon.
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