Documenting prctl() PR_SET_THP_DISABLE and PR_GET_THP_DISABLE

[Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>]

Alex,

Your commit a0715cc22601e8830ace98366c0c2bd8da52af52 added the prctl()
PR_SET_THP_DISABLE and PR_GET_THP_DISABLE flags.

The text below attempts to document these flags for the prctl(3).
Could you (and anyone else who is willing) please review the text
below (one or two p[ieces of which are drawn from your commit message)
to verify that it accurately reflects reality and your intent, and
that I have not missed any significant details.

    DESCRIPTION
    ...
       PR_SET_THP_DISABLE (since Linux 3.15)
              Set the state of the "THP disable" flag for the  calling
              thread.   If  arg2 has a nonzero value, the flag is set,
              otherwise it is cleared.  Setting this flag  provides  a
              method  for disabling  transparent  huge  pages for jobs
              where the code cannot be modified, and  using  a  malloc
              hook  with madvise(2) is not an option (i.e., statically
              allocated data).  The setting of the "THP disable"  flag
              is  inherited by a child created via fork(2) and is pre‐
              served across execve(2).

       PR_GET_THP_DISABLE (since Linux 3.15)
              Return (via the function result) the current setting  of
              the "THP disable" flag for the calling thread: either 1,
              if the flag is set, or 0, if it is not.
    ...
    RETURN VALUE
       On       success,       PR_GET_DUMPABLE,       PR_GET_KEEPCAPS,
       PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS,    PR_GET_THP_DISABLE,    PR_CAPBSET_READ,
       PR_GET_TIMING,       PR_GET_TIMERSLACK,      PR_GET_SECUREBITS,
       PR_MCE_KILL_GET, and (if it returns) PR_GET_SECCOMP return  the
       nonnegative  values  described  above.  All other option values
       return 0 on success.  On error, -1 is returned,  and  errno  is
       set appropriately.
    ...
    ERRORS
       EINVAL option is PR_SET_THP_DISABLE and arg3, arg4, or arg5  is
              nonzero.

       EINVAL option  is  PR_GET_THP_DISABLE  and arg2, arg3, arg4, or
              arg5 is nonzero.

Thanks,

Michael



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