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27.Dd December 27, 2013
28.Dt AIO_FSYNC 2
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm aio_fsync
32.Nd asynchronous file synchronization (REALTIME)
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libc
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In aio.h
37.Ft int
38.Fn aio_fsync "int op" "struct aiocb *iocb"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Fn aio_fsync
42system call allows the calling process to move all modified data
43associated with the descriptor
44.Fa iocb->aio_fildes
45to a permanent storage device.
46The call returns immediately after the synchronization request has been
47enqueued to the descriptor; the synchronization may or may not have
48completed at the time the call returns.
49.Pp
50The
51.Fa op
52argument can only be set to
53.Dv O_SYNC
54to cause all currently queued I/O operations to be completed
55as if by a call to
56.Xr fsync 2 .
57.Pp
58If _POSIX_PRIORITIZED_IO is defined, and the descriptor supports it,
59then the enqueued operation is submitted at a priority equal to that
60of the calling process minus
61.Fa iocb->aio_reqprio .
62.Pp
63The
64.Fa iocb
65pointer may be subsequently used as an argument to
66.Fn aio_return
67and
68.Fn aio_error
69in order to determine return or error status for the enqueued operation
70while it is in progress.
71.Pp
72If the request could not be enqueued (generally due to invalid arguments),
73the call returns without having enqueued the request.
74.Sh RETURN VALUES
75.Rv -std aio_fsync
76.Sh ERRORS
77The
78.Fn aio_fsync
79system call will fail if:
80.Bl -tag -width Er
81.It Bq Er EAGAIN
82The request was not queued because of system resource limitations.
83.It Bq Er ENOSYS
84The
85.Fn aio_fsync
86system call is not supported.
87.It Bq Er EINVAL
88A value of the
89.Fa op
90argument is not set to
91.Dv O_SYNC .
92.El
93.Pp
94The following conditions may be synchronously detected when the
95.Fn aio_fsync
96system call is made, or asynchronously, at any time thereafter.
97If they are detected at call time,
98.Fn aio_fsync
99returns -1 and sets
100.Va errno
101appropriately; otherwise the
102.Fn aio_return
103system call must be called, and will return -1, and
104.Fn aio_error
105must be called to determine the actual value that would have been
106returned in
107.Va errno .
108.Bl -tag -width Er
109.It Bq Er EBADF
110The
111.Fa iocb->aio_fildes
112argument
113is not a valid descriptor.
114.It Bq Er EINVAL
115This implementation does not support synchronized I/O for this file.
116.El
117.Pp
118If the request is successfully enqueued, but subsequently cancelled
119or an error occurs, the value returned by the
120.Fn aio_return
121system call is per the
122.Xr read 2
123and
124.Xr write 2
125system calls, and the value returned by the
126.Fn aio_error
127system call is one of the error returns from the
128.Xr read 2
129or
130.Xr write 2
131system calls.
132.Sh SEE ALSO
133.Xr aio_cancel 2 ,
134.Xr aio_error 2 ,
135.Xr aio_read 2 ,
136.Xr aio_return 2 ,
137.Xr aio_suspend 2 ,
138.Xr aio_waitcomplete 2 ,
139.Xr aio_write 2 ,
140.Xr fsync 2 ,
141.Xr siginfo 3 ,
142.Xr aio 4
143.Sh STANDARDS
144The
145.Fn aio_fsync
146system call is expected to conform to the
147.St -p1003.1
148standard.
149.Sh HISTORY
150The
151.Fn aio_fsync
152system call first appeared in
153.Fx 7.0 .
154