Re: [PATCH] mmap.2: ENOMEM possible when exceeding VA space

Hi Jakub,

On 11/22/21 17:15, Jakub Wilk wrote:

* Topi Miettinen [off-list ref], 2021-11-11, 20:04:

quoted

+.B ENOMEM
+We don't like
+.IR addr ,
+because it exceeds the virtual address space of the CPU.
+.TP

Who is "we"?

I was going to ask the same, but that page already describes other errors like that.  If only for consistency, and avoiding a complete rewrite of that ERRORS section, I applied the patch as is.

But yes, "we" doesn't sound like very technical.  Maybe we should fix this.

FWIW, failing with ENOMEM in this case may seem weird, but this is what POSIX prescribes.

Thanks,
Alex


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