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@@ -243,11 +243,19 @@ was used causing a new mapping to be created that would exceed the
Or, it would exceed the maximum number of allowed mappings.
.RE
.SH STANDARDS
-This call is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs
-intended to be portable.
+Linux.
+.SH HISTORY
.\" 4.2BSD had a (never actually implemented)
.\" .BR mremap (2)
.\" call with completely different semantics.
+.\" .PP
+Prior to glibc 2.4, glibc did not expose the definition of
+.BR MREMAP_FIXED ,
+and the prototype for
+.BR mremap ()
+did not allow for the
+.I new_address
+argument.
.SH NOTES
.BR mremap ()
changes the
@@ -279,14 +287,6 @@ call will make a best effort to populate the new area but will not fail
with
.B ENOMEM
if the area cannot be populated.
-.PP
-Prior to glibc 2.4, glibc did not expose the definition of
-.BR MREMAP_FIXED ,
-and the prototype for
-.BR mremap ()
-did not allow for the
-.I new_address
-argument.
.\"
.SS MREMAP_DONTUNMAP use cases
Possible applications for