Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@xxxxxxx> writes: > Hi! >> > MAP_FIXED_UNIQUE >> > MAP_FIXED_ONCE >> > MAP_FIXED_FRESH >> >> Well, I can open a poll for the best name, but none of those you are >> proposing sound much better to me. Yeah, naming sucks... > > Given that MAP_FIXED replaces the previous mapping MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE > would probably be a best fit. Yeah that could work. I prefer "no clobber" as I just suggested, because the existing MAP_FIXED doesn't politely "replace" a mapping, it destroys the current one - which you or another thread may be using - and clobbers it with the new one. cheers -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
