The kernel will immediately reject calls where arg4/arg5 are not zero. See kernel/sys.c:prctl_set_mm(). Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man2/prctl.2 | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2 index 97cf21a4c558..c91d328e5aa1 100644 --- a/man2/prctl.2 +++ b/man2/prctl.2 @@ -515,6 +515,11 @@ The value in is one of the options below, while .I arg3 provides a new value for the option. +The +.I arg4 +and +.I arg5 +arguments must be zero if unused. .RS .TP .BR PR_SET_MM_START_CODE -- 2.11.0 -- 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