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

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Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2025 16:17:39 +0200
From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
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

Hi Lorenzo,

On Sun, Aug 03, 2025 at 12:15:15PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> 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?

I didn't mean for the manual page.  It was more for helping review the
changes.  If it's very small, it would be useful to include it in the
commit message.  What do you think?


Have a lovely day!
Alex

> 
> Cheers, Lorenzo

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