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25 .TH MSYNC 2 2017-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
27 msync \- synchronize a file with a memory map
29 .B #include <sys/mman.h>
31 .BI "int msync(void *" addr ", size_t " length ", int " flags );
34 flushes changes made to the in-core copy of a file that was mapped
37 back to the filesystem.
38 Without use of this call,
39 there is no guarantee that changes are written back before
42 To be more precise, the part of the file that
43 corresponds to the memory area starting at
51 argument should specify exactly one of
55 and may additionally include the
58 These bits have the following meanings:
61 Specifies that an update be scheduled, but the call returns immediately.
64 Requests an update and waits for it to complete.
67 .\" Since Linux 2.4, this seems to be a no-op (other than the
68 .\" EBUSY check for VM_LOCKED).
69 Asks to invalidate other mappings of the same file
70 (so that they can be updated with the fresh values just written).
72 On success, zero is returned.
73 On error, \-1 is returned, and
82 and a memory lock exists for the specified address range.
86 is not a multiple of PAGESIZE; or any bit other than
87 .BR MS_ASYNC " | " MS_INVALIDATE " | " MS_SYNC
98 The indicated memory (or part of it) was not mapped.
100 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
102 This call was introduced in Linux 1.3.21, and then used
106 In Linux 2.4.19, this was changed to the POSIX value
109 On POSIX systems on which
112 .B _POSIX_MAPPED_FILES
114 .B _POSIX_SYNCHRONIZED_IO
117 to a value greater than 0.
120 .\" POSIX.1-2001: It shall be defined to -1 or 0 or 200112L.
121 .\" -1: unavailable, 0: ask using sysconf().
122 .\" glibc defines them to 1.
124 According to POSIX, either
130 and indeed failure to include one of these flags will cause
132 to fail on some systems.
133 However, Linux permits a call to
135 that specifies neither of these flags,
136 with semantics that are (currently) equivalent to specifying
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141 is in fact a no-op, since the kernel properly tracks dirty
142 pages and flushes them to storage as necessary.)
143 Notwithstanding the Linux behavior,
144 portable, future-proof applications should ensure that they specify either
153 B.O. Gallmeister, POSIX.4, O'Reilly, pp. 128\(en129 and 389\(en391.