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Diffstat (limited to 'src/alloc/alloc_mmap/mmap_mem.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/alloc/alloc_mmap/mmap_mem.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/alloc/alloc_mmap/mmap_mem.h b/src/alloc/alloc_mmap/mmap_mem.h index 14caf5db1..890658ebc 100644 --- a/src/alloc/alloc_mmap/mmap_mem.h +++ b/src/alloc/alloc_mmap/mmap_mem.h @@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ namespace Botan { -/* -* Memory Mapping Allocator +/** +* Allocator that uses memory maps backed by disk. We zeroize the map +* upon deallocation. If swap occurs, the VM will swap to the shared +* file backing rather than to a swap device, which means we know where +* it is and can zap it later. */ class MemoryMapping_Allocator : public Pooling_Allocator { |