erlang and map32bit

Dave Cottlehuber dch at skunkwerks.at
Fri Aug 21 17:25:46 UTC 2020


On Fri, 21 Aug 2020, at 15:20, Shawn Webb wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I noticed that erlang requires use of MAP_32BIT on amd64. I'm curious
> why that is and would love to learn. HardenedBSD prohibits use of
> MAP_32BIT by default on supporting 64-bit architectures.

Hi Shawn,

Surfing erlang source on my phone, I’m guessing this is only needed with erlang’s HIPE JIT compiler. I’m afk still but try disabling hipe - it’s a default ports option toggle IIRC.

If that isn’t sufficient I can ask over on the erlang list and report back.

A+
Dave


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