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mincore.2, remap_file_pages.2, random.3: Global fix: s/non-linear/nonlinear/
The tendency in English, as prescribed in style guides like Chicago MoS, is towards removing hyphens after prefixes like "non-" etc. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.BR mincore ()
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did not return correct information for
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.B MAP_PRIVATE
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mappings, or for non-linear mappings (established using
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mappings, or for nonlinear mappings (established using
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.BR remap_file_pages (2)).
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.\" Linux (up to now, 2.6.5),
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.\" .B mincore
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.\"
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.TH REMAP_FILE_PAGES 2 2008-04-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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remap_file_pages \- create a non-linear file mapping
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remap_file_pages \- create a nonlinear file mapping
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #define _GNU_SOURCE
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.BR remap_file_pages ()
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system call is used to create a non-linear mapping, that is, a mapping
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system call is used to create a nonlinear mapping, that is, a mapping
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in which the pages of the file are mapped into a non-sequential order
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in memory.
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The advantage of using
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is that the former approach does not require the kernel to create
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additional VMA (Virtual Memory Area) data structures.
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To create a non-linear mapping we perform the following steps:
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To create a nonlinear mapping we perform the following steps:
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.TP 3
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1.
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Use
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.BR random ()
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function uses a non-linear additive feedback random
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function uses a nonlinear additive feedback random
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number generator employing a default table of size 31 long integers to
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return successive pseudo-random numbers in
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the range from 0 to \fBRAND_MAX\fR.
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