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madvise.2: Note that madvise() is nonstandard, but widespread 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -397,6 +397,16 @@ depending on the setting of the
.B CONFIG_ADVISE_SYSCALLS
configuration option.
.SH CONFORMING TO
.BR madvise ()
is not specified by any standards.
Versions of this system call, implementing a wide variety of
.I advice
values, exist on many other implementations.
Other implementations typically implement at least the flags listed
above under
.IR "Convention advice flags" ,
albeit with some variation in semantics.
POSIX.1-2001 describes
.BR posix_madvise (3)
with constants