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diff --git a/open_issues/glibc_madvise_vs_static_linking.mdwn b/open_issues/glibc_madvise_vs_static_linking.mdwn index 6238bc77..bfda0f74 100644 --- a/open_issues/glibc_madvise_vs_static_linking.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/glibc_madvise_vs_static_linking.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -24,3 +25,8 @@ to ignore the advice.* (`man madvise`), so we may simply want to turn it into a no-op in glibc, avoiding the link-time warning. 2011-07: This is what Samuel has done for Debian glibc. + +GCC c5db973fdab3db3e13db575e5650c0bcfd3630f4 (2011-10-17) makes use of this. +As we now export the symbol (and `MADV_DONTNEED`, too), GCC will no longer +`munmap` pages, but will keep them mapped for later re-use. This may increase +memory usage. |