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From: John Dyson <dyson@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: Question regarding mmap <--> procfs
To: johnson@charming.nrtc.northrop.com
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 14:38:18 -0500 (EST)
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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