From: Johannes Sixt Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 18:51:36 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] mmap(win32): avoid copy-on-write when it is unnecessary Message-ID: <57210A38.4080203@kdbg.org> In-Reply-To: Am 27.04.2016 um 08:43 schrieb Johannes Schindelin: > On Tue, 26 Apr 2016, Johannes Sixt wrote: >> Should we insert a check for MAP_PRIVATE to catch >> unexpected use-cases (think of the index-helper daemon effort)? > > I agree, we should have such a check. The line above the `die("Invalid > usage ...")` that you can read as first line in above-quoted hunk reads: > > if (!(flags & MAP_PRIVATE)) > > So I think we're fine :-) Oh, well... I thought I had checked the code before I wrote my question, but it seems I was blind... ;) Thanks, -- Hannes