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Description
We currently have OpenBSD in CI, but the system is failing to initialise the pagemap.
I believe this is because the pagemap is very large, and OpenBSD does not support overcommit. I could not find a MAP_NORESERVE like flag that could be used.
Given the current design, I do not see a way to support an OS that does not separate the concept of reserve and commit, either explicitly as in Windows, or implicitly as in Linux and FreeBSD.
I am raising this issue to track thoughts on this.
@nwf-msr, @davidchisnall, @devnexen
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Research direction
Start by reading the current pagemap initialization path and the OpenBSD CI configuration referenced by the issue. Investigate how the allocator handles reserve and commit assumptions on supported systems, then determine what would constitute successful OpenBSD initialization and passing CI.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100