MLOCK(3P)		   POSIX Programmer's Manual		     MLOCK(3P)



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NAME
       mlock, munlock -- lock or unlock	 a  range  of  process	address	 space
       (REALTIME)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/mman.h>

       int mlock(const void *addr, size_t len);
       int munlock(const void *addr, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION
       The  mlock() function shall cause those whole pages containing any part
       of the address space of the process starting at address addr  and  con-
       tinuing for len bytes to be memory-resident until unlocked or until the
       process exits or execs another process image.  The  implementation  may
       require that addr be a multiple of {PAGESIZE}.

       The  munlock()  function	 shall unlock those whole pages containing any
       part of the address space of the process starting at address  addr  and
       continuing for len bytes, regardless of how many times mlock() has been
       called by the process for any of the pages in the specified range.  The
       implementation may require that addr be a multiple of {PAGESIZE}.

       If  any	of the pages in the range specified to a call to munlock() are
       also mapped into the address  spaces  of	 other	processes,  any	 locks
       established  on	those  pages  by another process are unaffected by the
       call of this process to munlock().  If any of the pages	in  the	 range
       specified by a call to munlock() are also mapped into other portions of
       the address space of the calling process outside the  range  specified,
       any  locks  established	on those pages via the other mappings are also
       unaffected by this call.

       Upon successful return from mlock(), pages in the specified range shall
       be  locked  and memory-resident. Upon successful return from munlock(),
       pages in the specified range shall be  unlocked	with  respect  to  the
       address	space  of  the	process. Memory residency of unlocked pages is
       unspecified.

       Appropriate  privileges	are  required  to  lock	 process  memory  with
       mlock().

RETURN VALUE
       Upon  successful	 completion, the mlock() and munlock() functions shall
       return a value of zero. Otherwise, no change is made to	any  locks  in
       the address space of the process, and the function shall return a value
       of -1 and set errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       The mlock() and munlock() functions shall fail if:

       ENOMEM Some or all of the address range specified by the addr  and  len
	      arguments	 does  not  correspond	to  valid  mapped pages in the
	      address space of the process.

       The mlock() function shall fail if:

       EAGAIN Some or all of the memory identified by the operation could  not
	      be locked when the call was made.

       The mlock() and munlock() functions may fail if:

       EINVAL The addr argument is not a multiple of {PAGESIZE}.

       The mlock() function may fail if:

       ENOMEM Locking  the pages mapped by the specified range would exceed an
	      implementation-defined limit on the amount of  memory  that  the
	      process may lock.

       EPERM  The calling process does not have appropriate privileges to per-
	      form the requested operation.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       exec, exit(), fork(), mlockall(), munmap()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <sys_mman.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in  electronic  form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX),	The  Open  Group  Base
       Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri-
       cal and Electronics Engineers,  Inc  and	 The  Open  Group.   (This  is
       POSIX.1-2008  with  the	2013  Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
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