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mlockall(3C) Standard C Library Functions mlockall(3C) NAME mlockall, munlockall - lock or unlock address space SYNOPSIS #include <sys/mman.h> int mlockall(int flags); int munlockall(void); DESCRIPTION The mlockall() function locks in memory all pages mapped by an address space. The value of flags determines whether the pages to be locked are those currently mapped by the address space, those that will be mapped in the future, or both: MCL_CURRENT Lock current mappings MCL_FUTURE Lock future mappings If MCL_FUTURE is specified for mlockall(), mappings are locked as they are added to the address space (or replace existing mappings), provided sufficient memory is available. Locking in this manner is not persis- tent across the exec family of functions (see exec(2)). Mappings locked using mlockall() with any option may be explicitly un- locked with a munlock() call (see mlock(3C)). The munlockall() function removes address space locks and locks on mappings in the address space. All conditions and constraints on the use of locked memory that apply to mlock(3C) also apply to mlockall(). Locks established with mlockall() are not inherited by a child process after a fork(2) call, and are not nested. RETURN VALUES Upon successful completion, the mlockall() and munlockall() functions return 0. Otherwise, they return -1 and set errno to indicate the er- ror. ERRORS The mlockall() and munlockall() functions will fail if: EAGAIN Some or all of the memory in the address space could not be locked due to sufficient resources. This error condition applies to mlockall() only. EINVAL The flags argument contains values other than MCL_CUR- RENT and MCL_FUTURE. EPERM The {PRIV_PROC_LOCK_MEMORY} privilege is not asserted in the effective set of the calling process. ATTRIBUTES See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |MT-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO exec(2), fork(2), memcntl(2), mmap(2), plock(3C), mlock(3C), sysconf(3C), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.10 22 Mar 2004 mlockall(3C)
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