Linux commit 3ee6dafc677a68e461a7ddafc94a580ebab80735 caused
remap_file_pages to be emulated when used on real file.
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <redacted>
---
man2/remap_file_pages.2 | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man2/remap_file_pages.2 b/man2/remap_file_pages.2
index f96f594..f6dee99 100644
--- a/man2/remap_file_pages.2
+++ b/man2/remap_file_pages.2
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ The
.BR remap_file_pages ()
system call appeared in Linux 2.5.46;
glibc support was added in version 2.3.3.
+
+.BR remap_file_pages ()
+has no performance advantage over
+.BR mmap (2)
+when used on real (as opposed to purely in-memory) files as of Linux 2.6.23:
+on real files it creates a separate vma for each range.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
The
.BR remap_file_pages ()
--
1.7.11.7
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