MSYNC Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2) Updated: 12 April 2025 Index   NAME msync - synchronize a file with a memory map   SYNOPSIS #include <unistd.h> #include <sys/mman.h> #ifdef _POSIX_MAPPED_FILES #ifdef _POSIX_SYNCHRONIZED_IO int msync(const void *start, size_t length, int flags); #endif #endif   DESCRIPTION msync flushes changes made to the in-core copy of a file that was mapped into memory using back to disk. Without use of this call there is no guarantee that changes are written back before is called. To be more precise, the part of the file that corresponds to the memory area starting at start and having length length is updated. The flags argument may have the bits MS_ASYNC, MS_SYNC and MS_INVALIDATE set, but not both MS_ASYNC and MS_SYNC. MS_ASYNC specifies that an update be scheduled, but the call returns immediately. MS_SYNC asks for an update and waits for it to complete. MS_INVALIDATE asks to invalidate other mappings of the same file (so that they can be updated with the fresh values just written).   RETURN VALUE On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.   ERRORS EINVAL start is not a multiple of PAGESIZE, or any bit other than MS_ASYNC | MS_INVALIDATE | MS_SYNC is set in flags. EFAULT The indicated memory (or part of it) was not mapped.   CONFORMING TO POSIX.1b (formerly POSIX.4)   SEE ALSO B.O. Gallmeister, POSIX.4, O'Reilly, pp. 128-129 and 389-391.   Index NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUE ERRORS CONFORMING TO SEE ALSO This document was created by using the manual pages. Time: 11:56:06 GMT, March 24, 2025