Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hi, > > mbind(start, len, ...) currently requires that "start" be page-aligned, > but not "len" (which automatically gets page-rounded up). This is a bit > odd: > > - the userland type of start is void*, which people would expect to be a > pointer to some variable. > - start needing to be page-aligned but len not needing to is not very > consistent. > - none of this is documented in the manual page dated 2006-02-07 > > So one of those should probably be done to free people from headaches: > > - document "start" requirement in the manual page > - require len to be aligned too, and document the requirements in the > manual page > - drop the "start" requirement and just round down the page + adjust > size automatically. >
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