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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2005-09-14 13:51:30 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2005-09-14 13:51:30 +0000
commit22b6a68b913483cfdd54a45314b1c407ca1a5d5c (patch)
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Added text to note that start and size are both rounded downwards.
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@@ -88,6 +88,20 @@ and
.I size
will be placed.
+The values specified in
+.I start
+and
+.I size
+should be multiples of the system page size.
+If they are not, then the kernel rounds
+.I both
+values
+.I down
+to the nearest multiple of the page size.
+.\" This rounding is weird, and not consistent with the treatment of
+.\" the analogous arguments for munmap()/mprotect() and for mlock().
+.\" MTK, 14 Sep 2005
+
The
.I prot
argument must be specified as 0.