Re: getpagesize differs from exec_pagesize

From: Tommy Reynolds (TommyReynolds_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/21/05 

Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:18:50 -0500

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:39:33 -0700, hopehope_123 wrote:

> getpagesize returns: 16kb
> /usr/include/asm/param.h , EXEC_PAGESIZE is 65536
> Why do they differ?
> What is the pagesize?

getpagesize() returns the virtual memory unit of granularity,
determined by the machine hardware.

EXEC_PAGESIZE is a fictional setting that is supposed to represent
the largest page size supported by any executable. It has no
relation to anything real.

Cheers