The best replacement for mmap is malloc.

The best alternatives to mmap are rated as following:
★★★★★  malloc
★★★  fread
★★★  shmget
★★★  sbrk
★★  shared memory
★★  shm
★★  fopen
★★  shmat
★★  mmap64
★  ioremap
★  shm_open
  copy_to_user
  brk
  ioctl
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