Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 14:38:18 -0500 (EST) From: John Dyson <dyson@dyson.iquest.net> To: johnson@charming.nrtc.northrop.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Question regarding mmap <--> procfs Message-ID: <199609251938.OAA18984@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <9609251828.AA09743@charming.nrtc.northrop.com> from "johnson@charming.nrtc.northrop.com" at Sep 25, 96 11:28:39 am
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> > The way I thought I could do this was to use the mmap function in conjunction > with the procfs file /proc/curproc/mem. However, at the moment I can't get > this to work. > > First question: Is what I am trying to do supposed to be possible? (If I > understand mmap and /proc/curproc/mem, it should be possible in principle.) > Ouch!!! mmaping /proc/*/mem doesn't work, and probably won't for a while at least. There are some complex sharing issues that just aren't supported in the current procfs code. John
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