Re: [PATCH]: trivial sys_mincore cleanup

[Alex Riesen]

Gianni Tedesco, Fri, Dec 20, 2002 12:17:54 +0100:
> Patch makes 2 simple cleanups:
>  - Checks the syscall parameters before grabbing mmap semaphore.
>  - Tidy up a comment.

The comment is actually right: it is an old mathematical notation
to describe regions - from start until end, but not including the end.

>         /*
> -        * If the interval [start,end) covers some unmapped address
> +        * If the interval [start,end] covers some unmapped address
>          * ranges, just ignore them, but return -ENOMEM at the end.
>          */

-alex