flock

Implemented in Antinomie 0.7.0 · Syscall list

Synopsis

long flock(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd);

Number (x86-64)	73
ABI	common
Kernel entry point	sys_flock

This is the raw kernel prototype from the pinned Linux 6.12.94 schema, not the libc wrapper.

Description

Applies or removes an advisory lock on a whole open file.

Arguments

Name	Type	Meaning
fd (arg0)	unsigned int	File descriptor to operate on.
cmd (arg1)	unsigned int	Command or operation selector.

Return value

On success: 0.

In an Antinomie trace the Return column and the ret filter field show the raw kernel return value. On failure that is the negative errno, for example -2 for ENOENT, not the -1 plus errno that the libc wrapper gives. syscall.errno holds the positive errno and syscall.success is false.

Common errors

Raw return	Name	Meaning
-9	EBADF	A file descriptor is not valid for this operation.
-11	EWOULDBLOCK	Same value as EAGAIN: the call would block.

Man page

flock(2) on man7.org

Captured by Antinomie

Coverage mark: Implemented. All arguments are plain values, recorded as the raw argument words at entry. There is no pointee to copy and no known gap.

Every call is recorded as an Entry record (the six argument words and the pointees copied at entry) and an Exit record (the return value and the pointees copied at exit).

Arguments

Argument	When	How	Recorded field key	Condition
fd (arg0)	Entry	raw scalar word	args.0, args.fd
cmd (arg1)	Entry	raw scalar word; Syscall Trace also decodes it into flag names (flock group), listing unknown bits separately	args.1, args.cmd

Filter fields

• Result: ret, syscall.errno, syscall.success, syscall.duration_ns.
• Argument words: args.fd (arg0), args.cmd (arg1); args.0 to args.5 by position.

See Syscall Trace filter for the full syntax.

For what the capture statuses mean, see Capture statuses. For what is never recorded, see Known gaps.