@@ -1462,6 +1462,35 @@ static struct cache_entry *create_from_disk(struct ondisk_cache_entry *ondisk,
 	return ce;
 }
 
+static void *try_shm(void *mmap, size_t mmap_size)
+{
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	void *new_mmap;
+	struct stat st;
+	int fd;
+
+	if (mmap_size <= 20)
+		return mmap;
+
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "/git-index-%s",
+		    sha1_to_hex((unsigned char *)mmap + mmap_size - 20));
+	fd = shm_open(sb.buf, O_RDONLY, 0777);
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return mmap;
+	if (fstat(fd, &st) || st.st_size != mmap_size) {
+		close(fd);
+		return mmap;
+	}
+	new_mmap = xmmap(NULL, mmap_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+	close(fd);
+	if (new_mmap == MAP_FAILED)
+		return mmap;
+	munmap(mmap, mmap_size);
+	return new_mmap;
+}
+
+
 /* remember to discard_cache() before reading a different cache! */
 int do_read_index(struct index_state *istate, const char *path, int must_exist)
 {

@@ -1501,6 +1530,7 @@ int do_read_index(struct index_state *istate, const char *path, int must_exist)
 	}
 	close(fd);
 
+	mmap = try_shm(mmap, mmap_size);
 	hdr = mmap;
 	if (verify_hdr(hdr, mmap_size) < 0)
 		goto unmap;