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authorAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2022-01-26 16:05:31 -0300
committerAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2022-06-02 15:43:28 -0300
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linux: Add process_madvise
It was added on Linux 5.10 (ecb8ac8b1f146915aa6b96449b66dd48984caacc)
with the same functionality as madvise but using a pidfd of the target
process.

Checked on x86_64-linux-gnu and i686-linux-gnu.

Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
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@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ Major new features:
   have been added.  The pidfd functionality provides access to a process
   while avoiding the issue of PID reuse on tranditional Unix systems.
 
+* On Linux, the process_madvise function has been added. It has the
+  same functionality as madvise but alters the target process identified
+  by the pidfd.
+
 Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
 
 * Support for prelink will be removed in the next release; this includes