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27.Dd August 19, 2016
28.Dt AIO_MLOCK 2
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm aio_mlock
32.Nd asynchronous
33.Xr mlock 2
34operation
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libc
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In aio.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn aio_mlock "struct aiocb *iocb"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Fn aio_mlock
44system call allows the calling process to lock into memory the
45physical pages associated with the virtual address range starting at
46.Fa iocb->aio_buf
47for
48.Fa iocb->aio_nbytes
49bytes.
50The call returns immediately after the locking request has
51been enqueued; the operation may or may not have completed at the time
52the call returns.
53.Pp
54The
55.Fa iocb
56pointer may be subsequently used as an argument to
57.Fn aio_return
58and
59.Fn aio_error
60in order to determine return or error status for the enqueued operation
61while it is in progress.
62.Pp
63If the request could not be enqueued (generally due to
64.Xr aio 4
65limits),
66then the call returns without having enqueued the request.
67.Pp
68The
69.Fa iocb->aio_sigevent
70structure can be used to request notification of the operation's
71completion as described in
72.Xr aio 4 .
73.Sh RESTRICTIONS
74The Asynchronous I/O Control Block structure pointed to by
75.Fa iocb
76and the buffer that the
77.Fa iocb->aio_buf
78member of that structure references must remain valid until the
79operation has completed.
80.Pp
81The asynchronous I/O control buffer
82.Fa iocb
83should be zeroed before the
84.Fn aio_mlock
85call to avoid passing bogus context information to the kernel.
86.Pp
87Modifications of the Asynchronous I/O Control Block structure or the
88memory mapping described by the virtual address range are not allowed
89while the request is queued.
90.Sh RETURN VALUES
91.Rv -std aio_mlock
92.Sh ERRORS
93The
94.Fn aio_mlock
95system call will fail if:
96.Bl -tag -width Er
97.It Bq Er EAGAIN
98The request was not queued because of system resource limitations.
99.It Bq Er EINVAL
100The asynchronous notification method in
101.Fa iocb->aio_sigevent.sigev_notify
102is invalid or not supported.
103.El
104.Pp
105If the request is successfully enqueued, but subsequently cancelled
106or an error occurs, the value returned by the
107.Fn aio_return
108system call is per the
109.Xr mlock 2
110system call, and the value returned by the
111.Fn aio_error
112system call is one of the error returns from the
113.Xr mlock 2
114system call, or
115.Er ECANCELED
116if the request was explicitly cancelled via a call to
117.Fn aio_cancel .
118.Sh SEE ALSO
119.Xr aio_cancel 2 ,
120.Xr aio_error 2 ,
121.Xr aio_return 2 ,
122.Xr mlock 2 ,
123.Xr sigevent 3 ,
124.Xr aio 4
125.Sh PORTABILITY
126The
127.Fn aio_mlock
128system call is a
129.Fx
130extension, and should not be used in portable code.
131.Sh HISTORY
132The
133.Fn aio_mlock
134system call first appeared in
135.Fx 10.0 .
136.Sh AUTHORS
137The system call was introduced by
138.An Gleb Smirnoff Aq Mt [email protected] .
139