Re: [PATCH 2/3] prctl(2): PR_SET_MM: document new PR_SET_MM_MAP{,_SIZE} helpers

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On 02/15/2017 09:14 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, Mike. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael


> ---
>  man2/prctl.2 | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2
> index c91d328e5aa1..dba32ebee1b5 100644
> --- a/man2/prctl.2
> +++ b/man2/prctl.2
> @@ -633,6 +633,34 @@ in a process life time.
>  Any further attempts will be rejected.
>  This should help system administrators monitor unusual
>  symbolic-link transitions over all processes running on a system.
> +.P
> +The following options are available since Linux 3.18.
> +.\" commit f606b77f1a9e362451aca8f81d8f36a3a112139e
> +.TP
> +.BR PR_SET_MM_MAP
> +Provides one-shot access to all the addresses by passing in a
> +.I struct prctl_mm_map
> +(as defined in \fI<linux/prctl.h>\fP).
> +The
> +.I arg4
> +argument should provide the size of the struct.
> +
> +This feature is available only if the kernel is built with the
> +.BR CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
> +option enabled.
> +.TP
> +.BR PR_SET_MM_MAP_SIZE
> +Returns the size of the
> +.I struct prctl_mm_map
> +the kernel expects.
> +This allows user space to find a compatible struct.
> +The
> +.I arg4
> +argument should be a pointer to an unsigned int.
> +
> +This feature is available only if the kernel is built with the
> +.BR CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
> +option enabled.
>  .RE
>  .TP
>  .BR PR_MPX_ENABLE_MANAGEMENT ", " PR_MPX_DISABLE_MANAGEMENT " (since Linux 3.19) "
> 


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