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sync_file_range

Implemented in Antinomie 0.7.0 · Syscall list

long sync_file_range(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t nbytes, unsigned int flags);
Number (x86-64) 277
ABI common
Kernel entry point sys_sync_file_range

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

Flushes a byte range of a file to storage with fine control over what to wait for.

Name Type Meaning
fd (arg0) int File descriptor to operate on.
offset (arg1) loff_t Value of type loff_t.
nbytes (arg2) loff_t Number of bytes.
flags (arg3) unsigned int Option flags that change the behavior of the call.

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.

Raw return Name Meaning
-9 EBADF A file descriptor is not valid for this operation.
-22 EINVAL An argument is invalid.

sync_file_range(2) on man7.org

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).

Argument When How Recorded field key Condition
fd (arg0) Entry raw scalar word args.0, args.fd
offset (arg1) Entry raw scalar word args.1, args.offset
nbytes (arg2) Entry raw scalar word args.2, args.nbytes
flags (arg3) Entry raw scalar word; Syscall Trace also decodes it into flag names (sync_range group), listing unknown bits separately args.3, args.flags
  • Result: ret, syscall.errno, syscall.success, syscall.duration_ns.
  • Argument words: args.fd (arg0), args.offset (arg1), args.nbytes (arg2), args.flags (arg3); 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.