CONFIG_ADVISE_SYSCALLS: Enable madvise/fadvise syscalls

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_ADVISE_SYSCALLS:

• prompt: Enable madvise/fadvise syscalls
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_EXPERT
• defined in init/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 3.18–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.12, 6.13-rc+HEAD

Help text

This option enables the madvise and fadvise syscalls, used by applications to advise the kernel about their future memory or file usage, improving performance. If building an embedded system where no applications use these syscalls, you can disable this option to save space.

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