Thanks Jeremy. Ravi
-----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:12 AM To: Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Multiple instances of program sharing same text segment ? Ravinandan Arakali (rarakali) wrote: > I note that do_exec calls do_mmap to map the executable file to memory. > But not sure what happens(w.r.t text sharing) when another instance of > the program is invoked. BTW, this is 2.6.10. Yes, they will be shared. As far as the rest of the kernel is concerned, an mmap is an mmap is an mmap, and the pages will be shared. J - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
