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From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
	"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH man-pages] process_madvise.2: describe 6.13 behaviour permitting all madvise flags
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:55:07 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241129095507.11001-1-lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> (raw)

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 <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
---
 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
 .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.
+.P
 The
 .I flags
 argument is reserved for future use; currently, this argument must be
--
2.47.1


             reply	other threads:[~2024-11-29  9:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-11-29  9:55 Lorenzo Stoakes [this message]
2024-11-29 12:14 ` David Hildenbrand
2024-11-29 12:16   ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2024-11-29 12:37 ` Alejandro Colomar
2024-11-29 14:38   ` Lorenzo Stoakes

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