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> the reasoning behind glibc allocator’s use of mmap with MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS as defaults, is privacy and anonymity. Which makes sense, because we do not
by ReactiveJelly 5y ago
> the reasoning behind glibc allocator’s use of mmap with MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS as defaults, is privacy and anonymity. Which makes sense, because we do not want other processes to peak into the memory region of our process. That would be a security nightmare
This is also a big 'hmm'