From 8d010a06735b57d7185dfc14f1ca53782d533dc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 21:10:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] process_madvise.2: Minor clarification regarding partial advice scenario Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/process_madvise.2 | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/process_madvise.2 b/man2/process_madvise.2 index 13950936e..f21a4efac 100644 --- a/man2/process_madvise.2 +++ b/man2/process_madvise.2 @@ -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