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Date:      Sun, 12 Jul 2015 19:18:19 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Alan Cox <alc@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r285428 - head/lib/libc/sys
Message-ID:  <201507121918.t6CJIJac076797@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: alc
Date: Sun Jul 12 19:18:19 2015
New Revision: 285428
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/285428

Log:
  Correct the description of MADV_DONTNEED.  Specifically, after using
  MADV_DONTNEED, while pages faults on the affected address range are more
  likely to occur, they are not guaranteed to occur.
  
  MFC after:	3 days

Modified:
  head/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2

Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2	Sun Jul 12 19:17:05 2015	(r285427)
+++ head/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2	Sun Jul 12 19:18:19 2015	(r285428)
@@ -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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