Re: What happens to mappings when closing file?

[Samuel Thibault]

olafBuddenhagen@gmx.net, le Sat 03 Apr 2010 17:38:01 +0200, a écrit :
> the proxy objects are used so the same pager can be provided to
> several clients mapping the same file, but with different permissions?

Yes.

> But if several clients share a pager, doesn't that mean there is no way
> to shut down an individual client's mapping when the client closes the
> file?

Mmm, could you be more precise?

For instance,
fd = open("foo", ...)
c = mmap(fd);
close(fd);

is supposed to keep c mapped.  I don't know if that is the case you are
wondering about.

Samuel