Re: [PATCH] madvise.2: MADV_WIPEONFORK affects semantics

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:09 AM Jakub Wilk <jwilk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This sentence is in the "Conventional advice value" subsection, which
> defines only MADV_NORMAL, MADV_RANDOM, MADV_SEQUENTIAL, MADV_WILLNEED,
> and MADV_DONTNEED.
>
> MADV_WIPEONFORK is defined in the "Linux-specific advice values"
> subsection, which already notes that "some of these operations change
> the semantics of memory accesses". (Perhaps s/some/most/ would be better
> wording.)

Ah, thank you! Now that I look with that in mind, it makes sense.


AGL



[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Documentation]     [Netdev]     [Linux Ethernet Bridging]     [Linux Wireless]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Security]     [Linux for Hams]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux Admin]     [Samba]

  Powered by Linux