Date:	Sun, 17 Mar 1996 16:26:19 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Shawn Hargreaves <slh100 AT york DOT ac DOT uk>
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: "start" and "end" symbols?
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On Thu, 14 Mar 1996, Shawn Hargreaves wrote:

> So, is there any reason why I couldn't just lock all the memory from 
> &start, for (&end - &start) bytes, to include all the functions in my 
> program? That would prevent _any_ code from being swapped, but virtual 
> memory would still work for malloced data, and it would be a lot more 
> reliable than my current approach.

Locking code is not enough, you need also lock the data that is touched 
by the locked code.

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