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authordg <dg@FreeBSD.org>1995-03-25 17:24:47 +0000
committerdg <dg@FreeBSD.org>1995-03-25 17:24:47 +0000
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Updated manual page to indicate flags argument; added return value and
errors section.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/msync.230
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/msync.2 b/lib/libc/sys/msync.2
index 2583c15..d976e30 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/msync.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/msync.2
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
.Nm msync
.Nd synchronize a mapped region
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Fn msync "caddr_t addr" "int len"
+.Fn msync "caddr_t addr" "int len" "int flags"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn msync
@@ -57,11 +57,29 @@ is non-zero, only the pages containing
and
.Fa len
succeeding locations will be examined.
-Any required synchronization of memory caches
-will also take place at this time.
-Filesystem operations on a file that is mapped for shared modifications
-are unpredictable except after an
-.Fn msync .
+The
+.Fa flags
+argument may be specified as follows:
+.Bd -literal
+MS_ASYNC Return immediately (not currently implemented)
+MS_INVALIDATE Invalidate all cached data
+.Ed
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+If any errors occur, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the
+error. Otherwise, a 0 value is returned.
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Fn msync
+will fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+.Fa addr
+is not a multiple of the hardware page size.
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+.Fa len
+is too large or negative.
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+.Fa flags
+was both MS_ASYNC and MS_INVALIDATE. Only one of these flags is allowed.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr madvise 2 ,
.Xr munmap 2 ,
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