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.TH MPROTECT 2 ""
.UC 7
.SH NAME
mprotect \- control the protection of pages
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
mprotect(addr, len, prot)
.B caddr_t addr;
.B int len, prot;
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The \fImprotect\fP system call
changes the specified pages to have protection \fIprot\fP\|.
Not all implementations will guarantee protection on a page basis;
the granularity of protection changes may be as large as an entire region.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
msync.2, munmap.2, mprotect.2, madvise.2, mincore.2