[C++] Why is arrow mmap marked MAP_PRIVATE (during read)?
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### Describe the usage question you have. Please include as many useful details as possible.
Why is it marked MAP_PRIVATE [here](https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/9009dd76e4e9a2f4f13340ebf4173e71813b359b/cpp/src/arrow/io/file.cc#L449)?
Is there a reason why you've explicitly chosen to not (also) use `MAP_SHARED` similar to write?
We are trying to evaluate if this causes multiple workers (in a distributed training) to `mmap` multiple times instead of reusing the same mmap'ed file and reduce memory usage?
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Read cpp/src/arrow/io/file.cc around line 449 and compare the read mapping flags with the write path. Check the documented MAP_PRIVATE and MAP_SHARED behavior relevant to multiple workers and memory reuse. Done means a maintainer-confirmed explanation of the choice and its implications, with any needed documentation update identified.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100