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List:       linux-man
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] madvise.2: MADV_WIPEONFORK affects semantics
From:       Adam Langley <agl () google ! com>
Date:       2020-04-29 13:47:14
Message-ID: CAL9PXLyFdHT1tiUKGcet-e8yC6xfO5A54zN6sfO4NA4q0ovy7g () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:09 AM Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net> 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
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