From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 02:14:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 02:14:36 -0400 Received: from palrel10.hp.com ([156.153.255.245]:7355 "HELO palrel10.hp.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 02:14:36 -0400 Message-ID: <021201c25aed$006d5770$7d704c0f@india.hp.com> From: "J.Raja" To: Subject: shmat and SHM_REMAP Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 11:45:47 +0530 Organization: Hewlett Packard MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org what is SHM_REMAP flag used for in shmat? what feature does it implement? I see it in the source code of shared memory implementation without much documentation.I saw it in kernel 2.4.18-3 which I am using. Please CC me in all communications. regards Raja