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MADVISE(2)		    BSD Programmer's Manual		    MADVISE(2)

NAME
     madvise - give advice about use of memory

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/mman.h>

     int
     madvise(void *addr, int len, int behav);

DESCRIPTION
     The madvise() system call allows a process that has knowledge of its mem-
     ory behavior to describe it to the system.	 The known behaviors are given
     in <sys/mman.h>:

     #define MADV_NORMAL     0	     /* no further special treatment */
     #define MADV_RANDOM     1	     /* expect random page references */
     #define MADV_SEQUENTIAL 2	     /* expect sequential references */
     #define MADV_WILLNEED   3	     /* will need these pages */
     #define MADV_DONTNEED   4	     /* don't need these pages */
     #define MADV_SPACEAVAIL 5	     /* insure that resources are reserved */

RETURN VALUES
     Upon successful completion, madvise() will return 0; otherwise a value of
     -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

SEE ALSO
     msync(2),	munmap(2),  mprotect(2),  mincore(2)

HISTORY
     The madvise function first appeared in 4.4BSD.

BUGS
     This call is not yet supported.

BSDI BSD/OS		       October 21, 1997				     1

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