Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 2 authors, 2025-11-24

Re: [PATCH] man/man2/mremap.2: fix incorrect reference to VM_MIXEDMAP

From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Date: 2025-11-24 16:08:56
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Hi Lorenzo,

On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 08:20:12AM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 08:16:09AM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
quoted
We actually disallow VM_DONTEXPAND and VM_PFNMAP for VM_DONTUNMAP, the
manpage incorrectly references VM_MIXEDMAP. Correct this.
Of course I ironically typo'd here :)

VM_DONTUNMAP -> MREMAP_DONTUNMAP

:P
:P
quoted
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <redacted>
Thanks!  I've applied the patch, with the amendment.  I've also added CC
tags for all the people in CC.
<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git/commit/?h=contrib&id=466c43360f3874a890e910610d4d01ea135d020c>
(use port 80)


Have a lovely day!
Alex
quoted
---
 man/man2/mremap.2 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man/man2/mremap.2 b/man/man2/mremap.2
index 6a6df8601..cbe960f77 100644
--- a/man/man2/mremap.2
+++ b/man/man2/mremap.2
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ The
 flag can be used only with mappings that are not
 .B VM_DONTEXPAND
 or
-.BR VM_MIXEDMAP .
+.BR VM_PFNMAP .
 Before Linux 5.13, the
 .B MREMAP_DONTUNMAP
 flag could be used only with private anonymous mappings
--
2.51.2
Cheers, Lorenzo
-- 
<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es>
Use port 80 (that is, <...:80/>).

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