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| author | cinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net> | 2015-12-16 21:06:51 +0100 |
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| committer | cinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net> | 2015-12-16 21:06:51 +0100 |
| commit | 7be7d0681f567e97fd37f937c2e5e486d6d74eab (patch) | |
| tree | f2b41bb97b678b45034f6321c3b1524e8cf61ef6 /sys/man | |
| parent | afe450d3810ed0f66cff46fe0fe0e70520d2c14b (diff) | |
kernel: use uintptr for ibrk() return value (for base >2GB) and clarify segbrk(2)
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/man')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/man/2/segbrk | 11 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/sys/man/2/segbrk b/sys/man/2/segbrk index 9cdb18f0b..f20838e36 100644 --- a/sys/man/2/segbrk +++ b/sys/man/2/segbrk @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ A call to .I segbrk with a zero .I addr -argument returns the address -of the top of bss. +argument returns the base address of the segment without +altering its size. .PP The system will prevent segments from overlapping and will not allow the length of the @@ -46,13 +46,6 @@ returns .B (void*)-1 on error. .SH BUGS -.I Segbrk -is not fully defined or implemented. -In particular, -it cannot always return the top of bss -when called with a zero -.I addr -argument. The .I segbrk system call may go away or be re-implemented |