From: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> If mmap() fails it will return MAP_FAILED which according to the manpage is (void *)-1 not NULL. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> --- man2/clone.2 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2 index 57a9eaba7..faff2ada6 100644 --- a/man2/clone.2 +++ b/man2/clone.2 @@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) stack = mmap(NULL, STACK_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_STACK, \-1, 0); - if (stack == NULL) + if (stack == MAP_FAILED) errExit("mmap"); stackTop = stack + STACK_SIZE; /* Assume stack grows downward */ -- 2.24.0