Re: Possible typo in madvise(2)

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On 03/28/2014 12:16 AM, Alex Roper wrote:
> Version: Current git repo
> 
> The first paragraph of DESCRIPTION states that madvise does not change
> the semantics of an application except in the case of MADV_DONTNEED,
> which I believe should read MADV_DONTFORK.

Alex, 

MADV_DONTNEED does change the semantics. But, could you say more
about wht you think MADV_DONTFORK should have been written here 
instead? (Perhaps some fix is needed to the page.)

Thanks,

Michael

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