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33 .Nd re-map a virtual memory address
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40 .Fn mremap "void *oldp" "size_t oldsize" "void *newp" "size_t newsize" \
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46 function resizes the mapped range (see
54 The following arguments can be
59 .Bl -tag -width XXMAPXALIGNEDXnXX
60 .It Dv MAP_ALIGNED Ns Pq Ar n
61 The allocation should be aligned to the given boundary, i.e. ensure
64 bits of the address are zero.
67 should be the base 2 logarithm of the desired alignment (e.g., to
68 request alignment to 16K, use 14 as the value for n).
69 The alignment must be equal to or greater than the platform's page
79 fails if that address can't be used as new base address for the range.
84 are used as hints for the position, factoring in the given alignment.
88 returns the new address or
94 differ from the one provided by glibc on Linux in that the
96 argument was added and a different set of
105 system call appeared in
107 It was based on the code that supports
109 compatibility for Linux binaries.