From: Andi Kleen <andi-Vw/NltI1exuRpAAqCnN02g@public.gmane.org>
To: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
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Subject: [PATCH] MAN: Clarify mremap.2 prototype
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 11:08:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100603090818.GA4741@basil.fritz.box> (raw)
MAN: Clarify mremap.2 prototype
mremap sometimes accepts more arguments and sometimes less.
Clarify this in the prototype and initial description in the manpage.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
---
man2/mremap.2 | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
Index: man-pages-3.24/man2/mremap.2
===================================================================
--- man-pages-3.24.orig/man2/mremap.2
+++ man-pages-3.24/man2/mremap.2
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ mremap \- remap a virtual memory address
.sp
.BI "void *mremap(void *" old_address ", size_t " old_size ,
.BI " size_t " new_size ", int " flags );
+.sp
+.BI "void *mremap(void *" old_address ", size_t " old_size ,
+.BI " size_t " new_size ", int " flags ", void *" new_address );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR mremap ()
@@ -54,6 +57,11 @@ aligned.
virtual memory block.
\fInew_size\fP is the requested size of the
virtual memory block after the resize.
+\fInew_address\fP is the new address to move the block to. Only valid when
+.I MREMAP_FIXED
+and
+.I MREMAP_MAYMOVE
+are specified. The function is declared in a way that this argument can be omitted.
In Linux the memory is divided into pages.
A user process has (one or)
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-03 9:08 Andi Kleen [this message]
[not found] ` <20100603090818.GA4741-u0/ZJuX+froe6aEkudXLsA@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-10 4:06 ` [PATCH] MAN: Clarify mremap.2 prototype Michael Kerrisk
[not found] ` <AANLkTim4NYbt66oTsxS7ECTzi63gpli6GuSOBgR2ZlR7-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-10 17:15 ` Andi Kleen
[not found] ` <20100610171503.GG19561-u0/ZJuX+froe6aEkudXLsA@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-11 8:32 ` Michael Kerrisk
[not found] ` <AANLkTiltSNhhRO0wxqLA0nNAPv70LBclMQTVKUXQd5hE-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-11 8:38 ` Andi Kleen
[not found] ` <20100611083810.GG6864-u0/ZJuX+froe6aEkudXLsA@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-11 14:34 ` Michael Kerrisk
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