From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:43:47 GMT
Subject: Re: First cut at git port to Cygwin
Message-ID: <434AB663.8050205@zytor.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vr7avrgr2.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> PROT_WRITE is true, but we do MAP_PRIVATE, and if I recall
> correctly we do not write file via mmap -- at least we do not
> intend to.
> 

Then PROT_READ probably makes more sense?

> 
> Yes.  It might have been overkill that you supported writing
> changes back, though.

Not just overkill; if we do MAP_PRIVATE it's actively WRONG.

	-hpa