linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] man/man2/mremap.2: describe multiple mapping move

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Message-ID: <0e3d0dd8-994f-4665-969c-6daf332c5b94@lucifer.local>
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2025 12:15:15 +0100
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-man@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@...e.de>, Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] man/man2/mremap.2: describe multiple mapping move

On Sun, Aug 03, 2025 at 08:47:28AM +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Would it be possible to write a small C program that uses this new
> feature?

I could do, but it's an unusual use of mremap() and we don't currently have
example C code for the _general_ usage so I wonder if it might be somewhat
misleading to have example code only for this?

Cheers, Lorenzo