# Re: \[PATCH, v3\] shmat: introduce flag SHM\_MAP\_NOT\_FIXED

- From: Kirill A. Shutemov \<hidden\>
- Date: 2008-10-08 09:35:00 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2008/10/1159385
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-mm/2008/10/1159048/t.md

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On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 10:57:21AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> Kirill,
> 
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov [ref] wrote:
> > If SHM_MAP_NOT_FIXED specified and shmaddr is not NULL, then the kernel takes
> > shmaddr as a hint about where to place the mapping. The address of the mapping
> > is returned as the result of the call.
> >
> > It's similar to mmap() without MAP_FIXED.
> 
> Please CC linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org on patches that change the
> kernel-userspace interface.

Ok, I will.

-- 
Regards,  Kirill A. Shutemov
 + Belarus, Minsk
 + ALT Linux Team, http://www.altlinux.com/
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