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25 .TH MSYNC 2 2021-03-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
27 msync \- synchronize a file with a memory map
30 .B #include <sys/mman.h>
32 .BI "int msync(void *" addr ", size_t " length ", int " flags );
36 flushes changes made to the in-core copy of a file that was mapped
39 back to the filesystem.
40 Without use of this call,
41 there is no guarantee that changes are written back before
44 To be more precise, the part of the file that
45 corresponds to the memory area starting at
53 argument should specify exactly one of
57 and may additionally include the
60 These bits have the following meanings:
63 Specifies that an update be scheduled, but the call returns immediately.
66 Requests an update and waits for it to complete.
69 .\" Since Linux 2.4, this seems to be a no-op (other than the
70 .\" EBUSY check for VM_LOCKED).
71 Asks to invalidate other mappings of the same file
72 (so that they can be updated with the fresh values just written).
74 On success, zero is returned.
75 On error, \-1 is returned, and
77 is set to indicate the error.
84 and a memory lock exists for the specified address range.
88 is not a multiple of PAGESIZE; or any bit other than
89 .BR MS_ASYNC " | " MS_INVALIDATE " | " MS_SYNC
100 The indicated memory (or part of it) was not mapped.
102 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
104 This call was introduced in Linux 1.3.21, and then used
108 In Linux 2.4.19, this was changed to the POSIX value
111 On POSIX systems on which
114 .B _POSIX_MAPPED_FILES
116 .B _POSIX_SYNCHRONIZED_IO
119 to a value greater than 0.
122 .\" POSIX.1-2001: It shall be defined to -1 or 0 or 200112L.
123 .\" -1: unavailable, 0: ask using sysconf().
124 .\" glibc defines them to 1.
126 According to POSIX, either
132 and indeed failure to include one of these flags will cause
134 to fail on some systems.
135 However, Linux permits a call to
137 that specifies neither of these flags,
138 with semantics that are (currently) equivalent to specifying
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143 is in fact a no-op, since the kernel properly tracks dirty
144 pages and flushes them to storage as necessary.)
145 Notwithstanding the Linux behavior,
146 portable, future-proof applications should ensure that they specify either
155 B.O. Gallmeister, POSIX.4, O'Reilly, pp. 128\(en129 and 389\(en391.