When you map in a file, its contents will consume address space of your application. When the file is bigger than 3 GiB, since there is no more bits on the address lines, you will not be able to map the file in completely all in once.
On Sep 11, 2013, at 12:37, Alex Zavatone <z...@mac.com> wrote: > > On Sep 11, 2013, at 12:03 AM, Maxthon Chan wrote: > >> When you use the system call mmap(2) to map in a huge file you will find it >> useful. >> > > How so? > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
