Re: A patch for xlog.c

> > Yes, but typical SysV shared memory limits are much lower than
> > per-process limits.
>
> well, come up with suitable patches for v7.2 and we can see where it goes
> ... you seem to think mmap() will do what we require, but, so far, have
> been unable to convince anyone to dedicate the time to converting to using
> it.  "having to raise/set SysV limits", IMHO, isn't worth the overhaul
> that I see having to happen, but, if you can show us the benefits of doing
> it other then removing a 'one time administrative config' of an OS, I
> imagine that nobody will be able to argue it ...

Yea, it is pretty low priority, especially since most OS's don't support
ANON mmap().  Most BSD's support it, but I don't think Linux or others
do.

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