Re: [PATCH man-pages] process_madvise.2: describe 6.13 behaviour permitting all madvise flags
From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Date: 2024-11-29 12:37:49
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Hi Lorenzo, On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 09:55:07AM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
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Since Linux 6.13 it has become possible to use all madvise flags when targeting the calling process. Update the man page to reflect this change. Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <redacted> --- man/man2/process_madvise.2 | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)diff --git a/man/man2/process_madvise.2 b/man/man2/process_madvise.2 index b78a61553..d12407bdb 100644 --- a/man/man2/process_madvise.2 +++ b/man/man2/process_madvise.2@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ This value must be less than or equal to or accessible via the call .IR sysconf(_SC_IOV_MAX) ). .P -The +If manipulating another process, or prior to Linux 6.13, the
For consistency with other pages, how s/prior to/before/? Prior to is ok; it's just for being able to grep for a single expression.
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.I advice argument is one of the following values: .TP@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ See See .BR madvise (2). .P +Starting in Linux 6.13, when manipulating the calling process, any advice flag +is permitted.
Please use semantic newlines. See man-pages(7), and the other email. Cheers, Alex
+.P The .I flags argument is reserved for future use; currently, this argument must be -- 2.47.1
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