Dear Michael, As per the mlock(2) implementation bugfix which is present in Linux 2.6.27-rc2 git commit, (http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=a477097d9c37c1cf289c7f0257dffcfa42d50197), the mlock(2) man page should be modified to reflect the latest changes in the kernel. See the LKML thread regarding this commit : http://www.nabble.com/mlock()-return-value-issue-in-kernel-2.6.23.17-td18751601.html This patch modifies the mlock(2) behaviour as per the SUSv3 specification. [ENOMEM] Some or all of the address range specified by the addr and len arguments does not correspond to valid mapped pages in the address space of the process. [EAGAIN] Some or all of the memory identified by the operation could not be locked when the call was made. Patch for the mlock.2 to include information about EAGAIN. ========================================================== diff -uNr man-pages-3.10/man2/mlock.2 man-pages-3.10_mlock/man2/mlock.2 --- man-pages-3.10/man2/mlock.2 2008-09-23 19:22:25.000000000 +0530 +++ man-pages-3.10_mlock/man2/mlock.2 2008-09-24 19:38:27.786315672 +0530 @@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ .B ENOMEM Some of the specified address range does not correspond to mapped pages in the address space of the process. +.TP +.B EAGAIN +Some of the memory identified by the operation could not be locked when +the function call was made. .LP For .BR mlockall (): ================================================================= Signed-off-by: Maxin B. John <maxin.john@xxxxxxxxxxx> Kindly let me know if there are any issues with respect to this modification. Thanks and Regards, Maxin B. John Sony India Software Center Bangalore, India -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
