madvise should be accessible outside of mmap instance

[ngie-eign]

BPO	40786
Nosy	@ngie-eign

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[ngie-eign]

madvise can be used when manipulating mmap'ed pages, but it can also be used when protecting processes and other things.

Having madvise be available in mmap as a function would be helpful instead of having to jump through a lot of hoops to run MADV_PROTECT on a process.

[serhiy-storchaka]

How would you use it without the mmap instance?