Re: [patch v2] mremap.2: Add description of old_size == 0 functionality

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On 25 September 2017 at 14:36, Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed 20-09-17 09:25:42, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> [...]
>>     BUGS
>>        Before Linux 4.14, if old_size was zero and the  mapping  referred
>>        to  by  old_address  was  a private mapping (mmap(2) MAP_PRIVATE),
>>        mremap() created a new private mapping unrelated to  the  original
>>        mapping.   This behavior was unintended and probably unexpected in
>>        user-space applications (since the intention  of  mremap()  is  to
>>        create  a new mapping based on the original mapping).  Since Linux
>>        4.14, mremap() fails with the error EINVAL in this scenario.
>>
>> Does that seem okay?
>
> sorry to be late but yes this wording makes perfect sense to me.

Thanks, Michal.

Cheers,

Michael

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