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process_madvise.2: Minor clarification regarding partial advice scenario 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ is too big, or
is invalid,
then an error will be returned immediately and no advice will be applied.
.PP
The hint might be applied to a part of
The hint might be applied to only a part of
.I iovec
if one of its elements points to an invalid memory region in the
remote process.
No further elements will be processed beyond that point.
(See the discussion regarding partial advice in RETURN VALUE.)
.PP
Permission to provide a hint to another process is governed by a
ptrace access mode