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@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ Major new features:
same functionality as madvise but alters the target process identified
by the pidfd.
+* On Linux, the process_mrelease function has been added. It allows a
+ caller to release the memory of a dying process. The release of the
+ memory is carried out in the context of the caller, using the caller's
+ CPU affinity, and priority with CPU usage accounted to the caller.
+
Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
* Support for prelink will be removed in the next release; this includes