Lorenzo Stoakes
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The process_madvise() call was introduced in commitecb8ac8b1f("mm/madvise: introduce process_madvise() syscall: an external memory hinting API") as a means of performing madvise() operations on another process. However, as it provides the means by which to perform multiple madvise() operations in a batch via an iovec, it is useful to utilise the same interface for performing operations on the current process rather than a remote one. Commit22af8caff7("mm/madvise: process_madvise() drop capability check if same mm") removed the need for a caller invoking process_madvise() on its own pidfd to possess the CAP_SYS_NICE capability, however this leaves the restrictions on operation in place. Resolve this by only applying the restriction on operations when accessing a remote process. Moving forward we plan to implement a simpler means of specifying this condition other than needing to establish a self pidfd, perhaps in the form of a sentinel pidfd. Also take the opportunity to refactor the system call implementation abstracting the vectorised operation. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240926151019.82902-1-lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> Cc: Pedro Falcato <pedro.falcato@gmail.com> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.