Re: [PATCH] histfile: fix mmap page alignment

[Chet Ramey]

On 10/18/24 11:51 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 10/17/24 8:27 PM, Grisha Levit wrote:
> > The mmap in history_do_write would usually fail when appending because
> > the offset must be a multiple of the page size.
>
> Thanks for the report. Not everyone requires this, but since some systems
> do, it's better to do this for portability.

Of course, the fact that nothing defines HISTORY_USE_MMAP limits the
impact somewhat.

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