Document that mmap() returns MAP_FAILED on error, as per the POSIX standard.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2013-10-25  Fabrice Bauzac  <fbauzac@debian71.nce.amadeus.net>
+
+       [BZ #16074]
+       * manual/llio.texi (Memory-mapped I/O): Indicate that mmap returns
+       MAP_FAILED on error.
+
 2013-10-25  Siddhesh Poyarekar  <siddhesh@redhat.com>
 
        [BZ #16072]

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ Version 2.19
   15734, 15735, 15736, 15748, 15749, 15754, 15760, 15764, 15797, 15825,
   15844, 15847, 15849, 15855, 15856, 15857, 15859, 15867, 15886, 15887,
   15890, 15892, 15893, 15895, 15897, 15905, 15909, 15919, 15921, 15923,
-  15939, 15948, 15963, 15966, 15988, 16032, 16034, 16036, 16041, 16072.
+  15939, 15948, 15963, 15966, 15988, 16032, 16034, 16036, 16041, 16072,
+  16074.
 
 * CVE-2012-4412 The strcoll implementation caches indices and rules for
   large collation sequences to optimize multiple passes.  This cache

diff --git a/manual/llio.texi b/manual/llio.texi
index b129cf4..dd0eaa3 100644 (file)
--- a/manual/llio.texi
+++ b/manual/llio.texi
@@ -1226,8 +1226,8 @@ as the included @code{malloc} automatically uses @code{mmap} where appropriate.
 
 @end vtable
 
-@code{mmap} returns the address of the new mapping, or @math{-1} for an
-error.
+@code{mmap} returns the address of the new mapping, or
+@code{MAP_FAILED} for an error.
 
 Possible errors include: