Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] osdep: Make qemu_madvise() return ENOSYS on unsupported OSes

[David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>]

On 31.05.24 09:28, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> Not every OS is capable of madvise() or posix_madvise() even. In
> that case, errno should be set to ENOSYS as it reflects the cause
> better. This also mimic what madvise()/posix_madvise() would
> return if kernel lacks corresponding syscall (e.g. due to
> configuration).

Yes and no. According to the man page

" EINVAL advice is not a valid."

if a particular MADV_* call is not implemented, we would get EINVAL, 
which is really unfortunate ... to detect what is actually supported :(

For the patch here ENOSYS makes sense:

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb