madvise.2: Note that madvise() is generally about improving performance

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2017-01-26 16:51:32 +13:00 · 2017-01-26 16:51:32 +13:00 · a8db50d35a
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--- a/man2/madvise.2
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@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ about the address range beginning at address
 .I addr
 and with size
 .I length
-bytes.
+bytes
+In most cases,
+the goal of such advice is to improve system or application performance.
+
 Initially, the system call supported a set of "conventional"
 .I advice
 values, which are also available on several other implementations.