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On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 04:05:25PM -0800, Rahul Kulkarni wrote:
> Wondering if anyone can give some pointers on how to
> make mmap map a shared memory segment at a specified
> address always, in different address spaces. MAP_FIXED
> with a specified address works but is not gauranteed.
> In other words, how can I "reserve" the same virtual
> address in different address spaces to map to the same
> segment..=20

You can't.

Why do you need to?

The problem is that if something else already is mapped at the address you=
=20
want, the new mmap won't work. The only way you could get around that was=
=20
if you mapped the area and then had the process fork into a lot of=20
children. However the children could not exec..

If you want to store (or pass) pointers to things in the area, just store=
=20
or pass relative pointers. Pass (intptr_t)ThePointer -=20
(intptr_t)MapAddress. Then in the recipient just add the stored or passed=
=20
integer to the local map address.

Take care,

Bill

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