sniped from Debian http://bugs.gentoo.org/289615 2009-10-27 Aurelien Jarno * locale/programs/locarchive.c: use MMAP_SHARED to reserve memory used later with MMAP_FIXED | MMAP_SHARED to cope with different alignment restrictions. diff -durN glibc-2.13.orig/locale/programs/locarchive.c glibc-2.13/locale/programs/locarchive.c --- glibc-2.13.orig/locale/programs/locarchive.c 2009-04-27 16:07:47.000000000 +0200 +++ glibc-2.13/locale/programs/locarchive.c 2009-11-13 00:50:01.000000000 +0100 @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ size_t reserved = RESERVE_MMAP_SIZE; int xflags = 0; if (total < reserved - && ((p = mmap64 (NULL, reserved, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANON, + && ((p = mmap64 (NULL, reserved, PROT_NONE, MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANON, -1, 0)) != MAP_FAILED)) xflags = MAP_FIXED; else @@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ size_t reserved = RESERVE_MMAP_SIZE; int xflags = 0; if (total < reserved - && ((p = mmap64 (NULL, reserved, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANON, + && ((p = mmap64 (NULL, reserved, PROT_NONE, MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANON, -1, 0)) != MAP_FAILED)) xflags = MAP_FIXED; else @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ int xflags = 0; void *p; if (st.st_size < reserved - && ((p = mmap64 (NULL, reserved, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANON, + && ((p = mmap64 (NULL, reserved, PROT_NONE, MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANON, -1, 0)) != MAP_FAILED)) xflags = MAP_FIXED; else