[akkartik]

Yeah, you have to run a server. When a process exits, all its mmap'd pages are reclaimed. Just like any other memory.

[bminor13]

But this excerpt says that this technique obviates the need for a server process? Are they saving the contents of memory into files using mmap, and then using this state on every run?

[akkartik]

I just reread your quoted passage and noticed the reference to the OS's file cache. Ok, this is outside my knowledge :)