From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org,
"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>,
Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] man/man2/mremap.2: fix incorrect reference to VM_MIXEDMAP
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:08:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <qxqyvoxrtv57wo6honuz765fe2ffjny3k2zpbo3w32wqgm3eeh@shgzoq6dy7ei> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0a072ec0-6d9d-4cd3-82e2-9df55ecb9aa7@lucifer.local>
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Hi Lorenzo,
On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 08:20:12AM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 08:16:09AM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> > We actually disallow VM_DONTEXPAND and VM_PFNMAP for VM_DONTUNMAP, the
> > manpage incorrectly references VM_MIXEDMAP. Correct this.
>
> Of course I ironically typo'd here :)
>
> VM_DONTUNMAP -> MREMAP_DONTUNMAP
>
> :P
:P
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Thanks! I've applied the patch, with the amendment. I've also added CC
tags for all the people in CC.
<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git/commit/?h=contrib&id=466c43360f3874a890e910610d4d01ea135d020c>
(use port 80)
Have a lovely day!
Alex
> > ---
> > man/man2/mremap.2 | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/man/man2/mremap.2 b/man/man2/mremap.2
> > index 6a6df8601..cbe960f77 100644
> > --- a/man/man2/mremap.2
> > +++ b/man/man2/mremap.2
> > @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ The
> > flag can be used only with mappings that are not
> > .B VM_DONTEXPAND
> > or
> > -.BR VM_MIXEDMAP .
> > +.BR VM_PFNMAP .
> > Before Linux 5.13, the
> > .B MREMAP_DONTUNMAP
> > flag could be used only with private anonymous mappings
> > --
> > 2.51.2
> >
>
> Cheers, Lorenzo
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<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es>
Use port 80 (that is, <...:80/>).
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