On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Thomas den Braber <[email protected]> wrote: >> Gory details: To support large files under 32-bit operating systems, we >> avoid mapping the entire file into memory and instead use a "sliding >> window" technique where only a portion of the file is mapped. > > And under 64 bit, is the "sliding window" option also used ?
It is not. We simply map the whole file, because there's no possibility of running out of address space. Marvin Humphrey
