madvise on metag

give advice about use of memory

sys_madvise(unsigned long start, size_t len, int behavior)
number233 (0xe9)
abicommon
kconfigCONFIG_ADVISE_SYSCALLS
entry pointsys_madvise
sinceLinux 3.9 or earlier (3.9 is the first release scanned for metag)
man pagemadvise(2)
sourceelixir.bootlin.com

Registers

registervalue
D1Re0233, the syscall number
D1Ar1unsigned long start
D0Ar2size_t len
D1Ar3int behavior
D0Re0the return value

Then run SWITCH #0x440001 to enter the kernel.

Values wider than one register are packed into consecutive arguments.

This architecture was removed from the Linux kernel in Linux 4.17. The newest release with a syscall table here is Linux 4.16. The other removed architectures live on the historical architectures page.

Same syscall on other architectures

Get this as JSON: https://api.syscall.sh/v2/syscalls/metag/madvise?kernel=all