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2.9 KiB
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89 lines
2.9 KiB
Groff
.\" -*- nroff -*-
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.\" Copyright (c) 2013 Advanced Computing Technologies LLC
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.\" Written by: John H. Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd October 3, 2013
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.Dt VOP_ADVISE 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm VOP_ADVISE
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.Nd apply advice about use of file data
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/param.h
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.In sys/vnode.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn VOP_ADVISE "struct vnode *vp" "off_t start" "off_t end" "int advice"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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This call applies advice for a range of a file's data.
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It is used to implement the
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.Xr posix_fadvise
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system call.
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.Pp
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Its arguments are:
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.Bl -tag -width offset
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.It Fa vp
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The vnode of the file.
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.It Fa start
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The start of the range of file data.
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.It Fa end
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The end of the range of file data.
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.It Fa advice
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The type of operation to apply to the file data.
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Possible values are:
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.Bl -tag -width POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED
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.It Dv POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED
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Initiate an asynchronous read of the file data if it is not already resident.
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.It Dv POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED
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Decrease the in-memory priority of clean file data or discard clean file data.
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.El
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.El
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.Pp
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If the
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.Fa start
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and
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.Fa end
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offsets are both zero,
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then the operation should be applied to the entire file.
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Note that this call is advisory only and may perform the requested
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operation on a subset of the requested range
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.Pq including not performing it at all
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and still return success.
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.Sh LOCKS
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The file should be unlocked on entry.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Zero is returned if the call is successful, otherwise an appropriate
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error code is returned.
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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An invalid value was given for
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.Fa advice .
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr vnode 9
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