> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> writes:
>
> > Looks good to me. Anybody want to try this out and test some benchmarks?
>
> I fail to see how this works across processes.
It's up to FS_create() to create whatever shared mapping is needed.
For threads, you don't need anything special.
For fork()'d helper stuff, you'd use MAP_ANON | MAP_SHARED.
For execve(), you need shm shared memory or MAP_SHARED on a file.
It all depends on your needs.
Linus
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