On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 03:27:13PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > On Fri 20-10-17 15:47:53, Ross Zwisler wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 02:58:17PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > > > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > man2/mmap.2 | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) > > > > > > diff --git a/man2/mmap.2 b/man2/mmap.2 > > > index 47c3148653be..598ff0c64f7f 100644 > > > --- a/man2/mmap.2 > > > +++ b/man2/mmap.2 > > > @@ -125,6 +125,21 @@ are carried through to the underlying file. > > > to the underlying file requires the use of > > > .BR msync (2).) > > > .TP > > > +.B MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE > > > +The same as > > > +.B MAP_SHARED > > > +except that > > > +.B MAP_SHARED > > > +mappings ignore unknown flags in > > > +.IR flags . > > > +In contrast when creating mapping of > > > +.B MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE > > > +mapping type, the kernel verifies all passed flags are known and fails the > > > +mapping with > > > +.BR EOPNOTSUPP > > > +otherwise. This mapping type is also required to be able to use some mapping > > > +flags. > > > +.TP > > > > Some small nits: > > > > I think you should maybe include a "(since Linux 4.15)" type note after the > > MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE header. You also need to update the following line: > > > > Both of these flags are described in POSIX.1-2001 and POSIX.1-2008. > > > > Which used to refer to MAP_SYNC and MAP_PRIVATE. > > Thanks, I've fixed these. Cool, you can add my: Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
