#include <sys/mman.h>

     int
     madvise(caddr_t addr, size_t len, int behav);

     int
     posix_madvise(caddr_t addr, size_t len, int behav);

DESCRIPTION

     The madvise() system call allows a process that has knowledge of its mem-
     ory behavior to describe it to the system. The advice passed in may be
     used by the system to alter its virtual memory paging strategy. This
     advice may improve application and system performance. The behavior spec-
     ified in behav can only be one of the following values:

     MADV_NORMAL      Indicates that the application has no advice to give on
                      its behavior in the specifed address range. This is the
                      system default behavior. This is used with madvise()
                      system call.

     POSIX_MADV_NORMAL
                      Same as MADV_NORMAL but used with posix_madvise() system
                      call.

     MADV_SEQUENTIAL  Indicates that the application expects to access this
                      address range in a sequential manner. This is used with
                      madvise() system call.

     POSIX_MADV_SEQUENTIAL
                      Same as MADV_SEQUENTIAL but used with posix_madvise()
                      system call.

     MADV_RANDOM      Indicates that the application expects to access this
                      address range in a random manner. This is used with
                      madvise() system call.

     POSIX_MADV_RANDOM
                      Same as MADV_RANDOM but used with posix_madvise() system
                      call.

     MADV_WILLNEED    Indicates that the application expects to access this
                      address range soon. This is used with madvise() system
                      call.

     POSIX_MADV_WILLNEED
                      Same as MADV_WILLNEED but used with posix_madvise() sys-
                      tem call.

     MADV_DONTNEED    Indicates that the application is not expecting to
                      access this address range soon. This is used with
                      madvise() system call.

     of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

     madvise() fails if one or more of the following are true:

     [EINVAL]           The value of behav is incorrect.

     [ENOMEM]           The virtual address range specified by the addr and
                        len are outside the range allowed for the address
                        space.

     [EINVAL]           The address range includes unallocated regions.

SEE ALSO

     mincore(2), minherit(2), mprotect(2), msync(2), munmap(2)

HISTORY

     The madvise function first appeared in 4.4BSD.  The posix_madvise func-
     tion is part of IEEE 1003.1-2001 and was first implemented in Mac OS X
     10.2.

BSD                              June 9, 1993                              BSD