Well, yeah, bad choice. Can you believe /var/run/utmp or similar?
And yes, we could add checks for the thing being executable before we
accept MAP_DENYWRITE instead of just ignoring the flag from user space.
Nobody has cared enough to make the effort.
Until now?
Linus
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