mmap fails on system while allocating large memory

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • mmap() fails on system when allocating large amounts of memory.
  • mmap() returns -EINVAL.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x86_64)

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