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Subject: Re: [PATCH] fadvise(2) system call
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On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> wrote:
> * John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, 20111031 22:17:
>> They don't. =A0They use fadvise() which is part of Linux's API much as
>> madvise(2) is part of ours. =A0(See the other fork in this thread.)
>
> Huh? Wait. It seems fadvise() is only a name used by the Linux kernel.
> It's not exported by glibc as a symbol. At least not on my laptop
> (Ubuntu 11.10).

Many developers incorrectly dig into system headers on Linux, so
that's probably why they prefix the API.
-Garrett