Processes and mmap

[Georgi Chulkov]

Hello,

For a key exchange algorithm I'm working on, I would like to keep a little bit 
of shared state between the main server process and the processes that 
clients connect to. So far, I'm considering mmap for the purpose.

But I cannot figure out where I need to put the mmap initialization call, 
where it would be called at server startup (before any fork()s/exec()s), and 
never again.

Could someone please briefly explain how OpenSSH manages its various 
processes - such as when processes are created and where in the code that 
happens?

Thanks in advance!

Georgi
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