Re: mmap and stacks

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Hi Andrei...


On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 05:52, Andrei Matei <andreimatei1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Venkatram,
>
> I'm not sure what brk() has to do with my problem, but maybe I don't
> understand exactly what it does...
> What I want is a mechanism for implementing user-level stacks (for a sort of
> fibers that I plan to implement) that grow automatically (so the next page
> is mmap-ed into the process when needed). Can brk() help me?

Please don't top post.

I second Venkatram's. I think you should use either brk() or sbrk().
Please read "man brk" or "man sbrk" first.

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