Merge branch 'rc-4.4.0'4.4.0

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 6878716..cce3ed7 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@ any of the following arguments (not a definitive list) to 'configure':
     most extreme case increases physical memory usage for the 16 KiB size class
     to 20 KiB.
 
+--disable-syscall
+    Disable use of syscall(2) rather than {open,read,write,close}(2).  This is
+    intended as a workaround for systems that place security limitations on
+    syscall(2).
+
 --with-xslroot=<path>
     Specify where to find DocBook XSL stylesheets when building the
     documentation.
@@ -327,6 +332,15 @@ LDFLAGS="?"
 PATH="?"
     'configure' uses this to find programs.
 
+In some cases it may be necessary to work around configuration results that do
+not match reality.  For example, Linux 4.5 added support for the MADV_FREE flag
+to madvise(2), which can cause problems if building on a host with MADV_FREE
+support and deploying to a target without.  To work around this, use a cache
+file to override the relevant configuration variable defined in configure.ac,
+e.g.:
+
+    echo "je_cv_madv_free=no" > config.cache && ./configure -C
+
 === Advanced compilation =======================================================
 
 To build only parts of jemalloc, use the following targets: