@node mmap
@section @code{mmap}
@findex mmap

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/mmap.html}

Gnulib module: ---

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
mingw, BeOS.
@item
To get anonymous memory, on some platforms, you can use the flags
@code{MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE} and @code{-1} instead of a file descriptor;
on others you have to use a read-only file descriptor of @file{/dev/zero}.
@item
On HP-UX, passing a non-NULL first argument, as a hint for the address (even
without @code{MAP_FIXED}, often causes @code{mmap} to fail.  Better pass NULL
in this case.
@item
On HP-UX, @code{MAP_FIXED} basically never works.  On other platforms, it depends
on the circumstances whether memory can be returned at a given address.
@end itemize
