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mlock.2: Minor tweaks 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2015-12-14 22:27:20 +01:00
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@ -42,16 +42,18 @@ mlock, mlock2, munlock, mlockall, munlockall \- lock and unlock memory
.BR mlock2 (),
and
.BR mlockall ()
respectively lock part or all of the calling process's virtual address
lock part or all of the calling process's virtual address
space into RAM, preventing that memory from being paged to the
swap area.
.BR munlock ()
and
.BR munlockall ()
perform the converse operation,
respectively unlocking part or all of the calling process's virtual
unlocking part or all of the calling process's virtual
address space, so that pages in the specified virtual address range may
once more to be swapped out if required by the kernel memory manager.
Memory locking and unlocking are performed in units of whole pages.
.SS mlock(), mlock2(), and munlock()
.BR mlock ()