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From: "Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
Subject: Re: ivshmem mmap to specific address
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 10:38:21 +0000
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Hi Eli

> Is there a method to guarantee that this mapping won't fail, even for
> different processes, that might have large code or constructors running e=
ven
> before main?

I'm afraid there is none. That's the nature of the beast. The best you can =
do is map stuff into a different address range using --base-virtaddr flag i=
n the primary process and hope that this time your "large code or construct=
ors running before main" won't tread into that virtual address space. But e=
ven that is not a guarantee by any means.

Thanks,
Anatoly