Bug 9132

Sample code and problem description follows:

//=========================================================
// e-mail fixes to rgovi, nara19
//=========================================================

#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int
main()
{
    //=========================================================
    // sample try.me file is a 1 line file with about 20 chars
    // e.g. : What is on the menu?
    //=========================================================
    FILE *f = fopen("try.me", "r+");
    char*pData;

    if (!f)
    {
        printf("Unable to open file\n"); exit(-1);
    }

    //=========================================================
    // if MAP_SHARED is used, then changes to mmapped file are visible
    // immediately, however MAP_PRIVATE does not seem to work
    //=========================================================
    pData =(char*)mmap((void *)0, 4096, PROT_WRITE|PROT_READ,
                    MAP_PRIVATE, fileno(f), 0);

    if (!pData)
    {
        printf("Unable to map file\n"); exit(-1);
    }

    //=========================================================
    // the following changes show up in the mmap memory, but are NOT
    // written to the file
    //=========================================================
    pData[0] = 'F';
    pData[1] = 'o';
    pData[2] = 'o';
    pData[3] = 'd';

    //=========================================================
    // Even if MAP_SHARED is used, write beyond the current size of the
    // file do not show up in the file
    // Instead, the file must be unmapped, it has to be resize using
    // ftruncate, and then re-mapped.:
    //=========================================================

    strcpy(pData, "Some long string longer than the original size of
file");

    munmap(pData, 4096);
    //=========================================================
    // data still does not show up after this fclose -
    // original file remains unchanged
    //=========================================================
    fclose(f);
    exit(0);
}