Re: kern/38531: mmap(2) on ntfs should return MAP_FAILED but doesn't

[Antti Kantee <pooka%cs.hut.fi@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/38531; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Antti Kantee <pooka%cs.hut.fi@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/38531: mmap(2) on ntfs should return MAP_FAILED but doesn't
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:24:02 +0300

 On Mon Apr 28 2008 at 08:55:00 +0000, j+nbsd%2008.salmi.ch@localhost wrote:
 > >Synopsis:       mmap(2) on ntfs should return MAP_FAILED but doesn't
 
 No, "mmio fails on ntfs".  Please don't jump to conclusions in the
 synopsis.  I don't see why it shouldn't work for PROT_READ mappings
 (apart from some bugs, of course).
 
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