i think VM_SHARED flag is used when you are sure that region is shared and VM_MAYSHARE is used when you have to force the region to be shared. Please correct me if I am wrong. Raghu On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Hai Huang wrote: > > What exactly is the difference between these two flags? When do you use > one over the other? Thanks. > > - > Hai > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/