Does anyone know if mmap is thread safe? I didn't catch any thread
references in the man page.

I'm using mmap on a local file which is read into memory for searching
- no updates

Thanks

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sgsnewsgrp@gmail.com writes:
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>Does anyone know if mmap is thread safe? I didn't catch any thread
>references in the man page.
>
>I'm using mmap on a local file which is read into memory for searching
>- no updates
>
>Thanks
>

Yes, it is safe.  Do be aware that it is up to the application to arbitrate
access to the mapped pages.

scott

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> Yes, it is safe.  Do be aware that it is up to the application to arbitrate
> access to the mapped pages.

Each mapped file is accessed at most by a single thread so I should
not have any issues

Thanks

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