Opened 12 years ago
Closed 9 years ago
#9326 closed bug (no change required)
WebKit needs MAP_NORESERVE on x86_64
| Reported by: | xyzzy | Owned by: | xyzzy |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | Unscheduled |
| Component: | Applications/WebPositive | Version: | R1/Development |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked By: | #8466 | Blocking: | |
| Platform: | x86-64 |
Description
WebKit tries to allocate a large amount of RAM at startup. On Linux it sets the MAP_NORESERVE flag, we need to change WebKit to set it as well for Haiku, and then implement MAP_NORESERVE in mmap. It'll work fine as long as you have enough RAM (more than 1GB).
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 12 years ago
| Summary: | WebKit needs MAP_NORESERVE on x86_64. → WebKit needs MAP_NORESERVE on x86_64 |
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comment:2 by , 11 years ago
I think this is solved by https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?format=multiple&id=65766
They now use mmap with PROT_NONE to reserve a chunk of address space, then mprotect to actually map some memory in it. Would that work for us?
comment:3 by , 10 years ago
| Milestone: | R1 → Unscheduled |
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Moving non-x86 related tickets out of R1 milestone.
comment:4 by , 9 years ago
| Resolution: | → no change required |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Well, it seems to run fine as far as I know.
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Implementation of MAP_NORESERVE is blocked by #8466.