2018-03-25 17:27 GMT+02:00 Joerg Sonnenberger <jo...@bec.de>: > Yeah, that's what ephemeral mappings where supposed to be for. The other > question is whether we can't just use the direct map for this on amd64 > and similar platforms?
Right, we could/should use emap. I haven't realized emap is actually already implemented. It's currently used for pipe for the loan/"direct" write. I don't know anything about emap thought. Are there any known issues, do you reckon it's ready to be used for general I/O handling? Jaromir