+ int current= fds[dest];
+ XBT_VERB("Switching data frame to the one of process %d", dest);
+ void* tmp = mmap (TOPAGE(start_data_exe), size_data_exe, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_FIXED | MAP_SHARED, current, 0);
+ if (tmp != TOPAGE(start_data_exe))
+ xbt_die("Couldn't map the new region");
+ loaded_page=dest;
+#endif
+}
+
+void smpi_get_executable_global_size(){
+ int size_bss_binary=0;
+ int size_data_binary=0;
+ FILE *fp;
+ char *line = NULL; /* Temporal storage for each line that is readed */
+ ssize_t read; /* Number of bytes readed */
+ size_t n = 0; /* Amount of bytes to read by xbt_getline */
+
+ char *lfields[7];
+ int i, found = 0;
+
+ char *command = bprintf("objdump --section-headers %s", xbt_binary_name);
+
+ fp = popen(command, "r");
+
+ if(fp == NULL){
+ perror("popen failed");
+ xbt_abort();
+ }
+
+ while ((read = xbt_getline(&line, &n, fp)) != -1 && found != 2) {
+
+ if(n == 0)
+ continue;
+
+ /* Wipeout the new line character */
+ line[read - 1] = '\0';
+
+ lfields[0] = strtok(line, " ");
+
+ if(lfields[0] == NULL)
+ continue;
+
+ if(strcmp(lfields[0], "Sections:") == 0
+ || strcmp(lfields[0], "Idx") == 0
+ || strncmp(lfields[0], xbt_binary_name, strlen(xbt_binary_name)) == 0)
+ continue;
+
+ for (i = 1; i < 7 && lfields[i - 1] != NULL; i++) {
+ lfields[i] = strtok(NULL, " ");
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * we are looking for these fields
+ 23 .data 02625a20 00000000006013e0 00000000006013e0 000013e0 2**5
+ CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, DATA
+ 24 .bss 02625a40 0000000002c26e00 0000000002c26e00 02626e00 2**5
+ ALLOC
+ */
+
+ if(i>=6){
+ if(strcmp(lfields[1], ".data") == 0){
+ size_data_binary = strtoul(lfields[2], NULL, 16);
+ start_data_exe = (char*) strtoul(lfields[4], NULL, 16);
+ found++;
+ }else if(strcmp(lfields[1], ".bss") == 0){
+ //the beginning of bss is not exactly the end of data if not aligned, grow bss reported size accordingly
+ //TODO : check if this is OK, as some segments may be inserted between them..
+ size_bss_binary = ((char*) strtoul(lfields[4], NULL, 16) - (start_data_exe + size_data_binary))
+ + strtoul(lfields[2], NULL, 16);
+ found++;
+ }
+
+ }
+
+ }
+
+ size_data_exe =(unsigned long)start_data_exe - (unsigned long)TOPAGE(start_data_exe)+ size_data_binary+size_bss_binary;
+ xbt_free(command);
+ xbt_free(line);
+ pclose(fp);
+
+}
+
+void smpi_initialize_global_memory_segments(){
+
+#ifndef HAVE_MMAP
+ smpi_privatize_global_variables=0;
+ return;
+#else
+
+ unsigned int i = 0;
+ smpi_get_executable_global_size();
+
+ XBT_DEBUG ("bss+data segment found : size %d starting at %p",size_data_exe, start_data_exe );
+
+ if(size_data_exe == 0){//no need to switch
+ smpi_privatize_global_variables=0;