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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2005-10-19 07:07:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2005-10-19 07:07:02 +0000 |
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diff --git a/man2/remap_file_pages.2 b/man2/remap_file_pages.2 index 766e991a69..cc13bd4f78 100644 --- a/man2/remap_file_pages.2 +++ b/man2/remap_file_pages.2 @@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ remap_file_pages \- create a non-linear file mapping .BI "ssize_t " pgoff ", int " flags ); .SH DESCRIPTION The -.B remap_file_pages() +.BR remap_file_pages () system call is used to create a non-linear mapping, that is, a mapping in which the pages of the file are mapped into a non-sequential order in memory. The advantage of using -.B remap_file_pages() +.BR remap_file_pages () over using repeated calls to .BR mmap (2) is that the former approach does not require the kernel to create @@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ To create a non-linear mapping we perform the following steps: .TP \fB1.\fp Use -.B mmap() +.BR mmap () to create a mapping (which is initially linear). This mapping must be created with the MAP_SHARED flag. .TP \fB2.\fp Use one or more calls to -.B remap_file_pages() +.BR remap_file_pages () to rearrange the correspondence between the pages of the mapping and the pages of the file. It is possible to map the same page of a file @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Thus, .I start must be an address that falls within a region previously mapped by a call to -.BR mmap() . +.BR mmap (). Second, .I start specifies the address at which the file pages @@ -109,18 +109,18 @@ argument must be specified as 0. The .I flags argument has the same meaning as for -.BR mmap() , +.BR mmap (), but all flags other than MAP_NONBLOCK are ignored. .SH "RETURN VALUE" On success, -.B remap_file_pages() +.BR remap_file_pages () returns 0. On error, \-1 is returned, and .I errno is set appropriately. .SH NOTES The -.B remap_file_pages() +.BR remap_file_pages () system call appeared in Linux 2.5.46. .SH ERRORS .TP @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ is invalid. .\" And possibly others from vma->vm_ops->populate() .SH "CONFORMING TO" The -.B remap_file_pages() +.BR remap_file_pages () system call is Linux specific. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR getpagesize (2), |