bdflush - start, flush, or tune buffer-dirty-flush daemon
#include <sys/kdaemon.h>
int bdflush(int func, long *address);
int bdflush(int func, long data);
Note: Since Linux 2.6, this system call is deprecated and does nothing.
It is likely to disappear altogether in a future kernel release. Nowadays, the
task performed by
bdflush() is handled by the kernel
pdflush
thread.
bdflush() starts, flushes, or tunes the buffer-dirty-flush daemon. Only a
privileged process (one with the
CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability) may call
bdflush().
If
func is negative or 0, and no daemon has been started, then
bdflush() enters the daemon code and never returns.
If
func is 1, some dirty buffers are written to disk.
If
func is 2 or more and is even (low bit is 0), then
address is
the address of a long word, and the tuning parameter numbered
(
func-2)/2 is returned to the caller in that address.
If
func is 3 or more and is odd (low bit is 1), then
data is a
long word, and the kernel sets tuning parameter numbered (
func-3)/2 to
that value.
The set of parameters, their values, and their valid ranges are defined in the
Linux kernel source file
fs/buffer.c.
If
func is negative or 0 and the daemon successfully starts,
bdflush() never returns. Otherwise, the return value is 0 on success
and -1 on failure, with
errno set to indicate the error.
- EBUSY
- An attempt was made to enter the daemon code after another process has
already entered.
- EFAULT
- address points outside your accessible address space.
- EINVAL
- An attempt was made to read or write an invalid parameter number, or to
write an invalid value to a parameter.
- EPERM
- Caller does not have the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability.
Since version 2.23, glibc no longer supports this obsolete system call.
bdflush() is Linux-specific and should not be used in programs intended
to be portable.
sync(1),
fsync(2),
sync(2)