On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:12:57 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Olaf Hering wrote:
> > Declare PAGE_SIZE as getpagesize() for userspace.
> > PAGE_SIZE is used in resource.h and shm.h
>
> I would think it would be better to not define it at all. Several
> architectures already don't have PAGE_SIZE visible to userspace in any way.
Furthermore, the kernel should /not/ export a would-be kernel
interface by defining it in terms of a non-kernel interface.
getpagesize() belongs to libc, and might not exist at all or
have that form.
Linux is not Solaris. There can be many different libcs in a system.
/Mikael
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