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[man-pages,v2] process_madvise.2: describe 6.13 behaviour permitting all madvise flags

Message ID 20241129164422.89837-1-lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com (mailing list archive)
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Series [man-pages,v2] process_madvise.2: describe 6.13 behaviour permitting all madvise flags | expand

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Lorenzo Stoakes Nov. 29, 2024, 4:44 p.m. UTC 
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.

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
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v2:
* Use semantic newlines as suggested by Alejandro.
v1:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241129095507.11001-1-lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com/

 man/man2/process_madvise.2 | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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diff --git a/man/man2/process_madvise.2 b/man/man2/process_madvise.2
index b78a61553..2ebbfea44 100644
--- a/man/man2/process_madvise.2
+++ b/man/man2/process_madvise.2
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@  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 before Linux 6.13,
+the
 .I advice
 argument is one of the following values:
 .TP
@@ -74,6 +76,10 @@  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