Re: gvfs and mmap()?

["Dan Kegel" <dank kegel com>]

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Hans Petter Jansson <hpj novell com> wrote:
> However, since I assume Excel doesn't use the GVFS API, but plain POSIX
> to access the local file system, I assume you're talking about the Fuse
> mounts (each GVFS mount automatically gets a parallel Fuse mount under
> ~/.gvfs/, for "legacy" apps).

Right.   (This is Excel under Wine.)

> These mounts support mmap(), but not shared writable mmaps, which is
> what Excel is complaining about in the second link. This is a limitation
> of Fuse itself:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/cdf7859a9f1bc43f
>
> However, shared, writable mmaps are being implemented:
>
> http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Fuse_Writable_Mmap
>
> I'm not sure what kernel version this appeared/will appear in, but it
> means your problem will go away at some point.

Thanks for the info!
- Dan