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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:08:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
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Subject: Re: Writable global section?
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 When using shared libraries, is there a ".section" into which
 I can put a variable that's writable? I note that when programs
 that use shared libraries start, the pages are mprotect(ed)
 PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, but sometimes I see PROT_WRITE on some
 pages.
 
 I'd like to rip out a memory-mapped semiphore and put it directly
 in a shared library if possible.
 

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
The US military has given us many words, FUBAR, SNAFU, now ENRON.
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