[patch] mprotect.2: fix off-by-one error in a memory range

[patch] mprotect.2: fix off-by-one error in a memory range

[Seonghun Lim]

man-pages version: latest git repository
why: Just a simple typo, maybe.
See the address range in DESCRIPTION section.


diff --git a/man2/mprotect.2 b/man2/mprotect.2
--- a/man2/mprotect.2
+++ b/man2/mprotect.2
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Internal kernel structures could not be allocated.
.B ENOMEM
Addresses in the range
.RI [ addr ,
-.IR addr + len ]
+.IR addr + len \- 1 ]
are invalid for the address space of the process,
or specify one or more pages that are not mapped.
(Before kernel 2.4.19, the error

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Re: [patch] mprotect.2: fix off-by-one error in a memory range

[Michael Kerrisk]

2011/8/31 Seonghun Lim <wariua-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>:
> man-pages version: latest git repository
> why: Just a simple typo, maybe.
> See the address range in DESCRIPTION section.
>
>
> diff --git a/man2/mprotect.2 b/man2/mprotect.2
> --- a/man2/mprotect.2
> +++ b/man2/mprotect.2
> @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Internal kernel structures could not be allocated.
> .B ENOMEM
> Addresses in the range
> .RI [ addr ,
> -.IR addr + len ]
> +.IR addr + len \- 1 ]
> are invalid for the address space of the process,
> or specify one or more pages that are not mapped.
> (Before kernel 2.4.19, the error

Thanks Seonghun. Applied for man-pages-3.33.

Cheers,

Michael



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