svn commit: r288292 - stable/10/lib/libc/sys
Alan Cox
alc at FreeBSD.org
Sun Sep 27 04:17:09 UTC 2015
Author: alc
Date: Sun Sep 27 04:17:08 2015
New Revision: 288292
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/288292
Log:
MFC r285428
Correct the description of MADV_DONTNEED.
Modified:
stable/10/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2
Directory Properties:
stable/10/ (props changed)
Modified: stable/10/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2
==============================================================================
--- stable/10/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2 Sun Sep 27 04:03:11 2015 (r288291)
+++ stable/10/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2 Sun Sep 27 04:17:08 2015 (r288292)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)madvise.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 30, 2014
+.Dd July 12, 2015
.Dt MADVISE 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ pages in from backing store, but quickly
into the calling process.
.It Dv MADV_DONTNEED
Allows the VM system to decrease the in-memory priority
-of pages in the specified range.
-Additionally future references to
-this address range will incur a page fault.
+of pages in the specified address range.
+Consequently, future references to this address range are more likely
+to incur a page fault.
.It Dv MADV_FREE
Gives the VM system the freedom to free pages,
and tells the system that information in the specified page range
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