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, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>
