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. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- 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
