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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-06-17 10:52:03 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-06-17 10:52:03 +0000 |
commit | 932e4432596447eb9331cc2a2bb74a26a35b4efc (patch) | |
tree | 95161711ea07fd64f0c82d6e7943024c033dd5a8 /upstream/fedora-rawhide/man2/process_madvise.2 | |
parent | Adding debian version 4.22.0-1. (diff) | |
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Merging upstream version 4.23.0.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/upstream/fedora-rawhide/man2/process_madvise.2 b/upstream/fedora-rawhide/man2/process_madvise.2 index e6f78bf6..37ec5fd8 100644 --- a/upstream/fedora-rawhide/man2/process_madvise.2 +++ b/upstream/fedora-rawhide/man2/process_madvise.2 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" .\" Commit ecb8ac8b1f146915aa6b96449b66dd48984caacc .\" -.TH process_madvise 2 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.06" +.TH process_madvise 2 2024-02-28 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME process_madvise \- give advice about use of memory to a process .SH LIBRARY @@ -13,23 +13,12 @@ Standard C library .RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) .SH SYNOPSIS .nf -.BR "#include <sys/mman.h>" " /* Definition of " MADV_* " constants */" -.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" " /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */" -.BR "#include <sys/uio.h>" " /* Definition of " "struct iovec" " type */" -.B #include <unistd.h> +.B #include <sys/mman.h> .P -.BI "ssize_t syscall(SYS_process_madvise, int " pidfd , -.BI " const struct iovec *" iovec ", size_t " vlen \ -", int " advice , -.BI " unsigned int " flags ");" +.BI "ssize_t process_madvise(int " pidfd ", const struct iovec " iovec [. n ], +.BI " size_t " n ", int " advice \ +", unsigned int " flags ); .fi -.P -.IR Note : -glibc provides no wrapper for -.BR process_madvise (), -necessitating the use of -.BR syscall (2). -.\" FIXME: See <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27380> .SH DESCRIPTION The .BR process_madvise () @@ -38,7 +27,7 @@ address ranges of another process or of the calling process. It provides the advice for the address ranges described by .I iovec and -.IR vlen . +.IR n . The goal of such advice is to improve system or application performance. .P The @@ -54,7 +43,7 @@ points to an array of structures, described in .BR iovec (3type). .P -.I vlen +.I n specifies the number of elements in the array of .I iovec structures. @@ -91,12 +80,12 @@ argument is reserved for future use; currently, this argument must be specified as 0. .P The -.I vlen +.I n and .I iovec arguments are checked before applying any advice. If -.I vlen +.I n is too big, or .I iovec is invalid, @@ -163,7 +152,7 @@ overflows a value. .TP .B EINVAL -.I vlen +.I n is too large. .TP .B ENOMEM @@ -187,7 +176,9 @@ errors. Linux. .SH HISTORY Linux 5.10. -.\" commit ecb8ac8b1f146915aa6b96449b66dd48984caacc +.\" Linux commit ecb8ac8b1f146915aa6b96449b66dd48984caacc +glibc 2.36. +.\" glibc commit d19ee3473d68ca0e794f3a8b7677a0983ae1342e .P Support for this system call is optional, depending on the setting of the |