linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] man/man2/mremap.2: fix incorrect reference to VM

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Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:08:52 +0100
From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
Cc: linux-man@...r.kernel.org, 
	"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
Subject: Re: [PATCH] man/man2/mremap.2: fix incorrect reference to VM_MIXEDMAP

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@...cle.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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Use port 80 (that is, <...:80/>).

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