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MOVE_PAGES

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
VERSIONS
CONFORMING TO
NOTES
SEE ALSO
COLOPHON

NAME

move_pages − move individual pages of a process to another node

SYNOPSIS

#include <numaif.h>

long move_pages(int pid, unsigned long count, void **pages,
const int *nodes, int *status, int flags);

Link with −lnuma.

DESCRIPTION

move_pages() moves the specified pages of the process pid to the memory nodes specified by nodes. The result of the move is reflected in status. The flags indicate constraints on the pages to be moved.

pid is the ID of the process in which pages are to be moved. To move pages in another process, the caller must be privileged (CAP_SYS_NICE) or the real or effective user ID of the calling process must match the real or saved-set user ID of the target process. If pid is 0, then move_pages() moves pages of the calling process.

count is the number of pages to move. It defines the size of the three arrays pages, nodes, and status.

pages is an array of pointers to the pages that should be moved. These are pointers that should be aligned to page boundaries. Addresses are specified as seen by the process specified by pid.

nodes is an array of integers that specify the desired location for each page. Each element in the array is a node number. nodes can also be NULL, in which case move_pages() does not move any pages but instead will return the node where each page currently resides, in the status array. Obtaining the status of each page may be necessary to determine pages that need to be moved.

status is an array of integers that return the status of each page. The array contains valid values only if move_pages() did not return an error.

flags specify what types of pages to move. MPOL_MF_MOVE means that only pages that are in exclusive use by the process are to be moved. MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL means that pages shared between multiple processes can also be moved. The process must be privileged (CAP_SYS_NICE) to use MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL.

Page states in the status array
The following values can be returned in each element of the status array.
0..MAX_NUMNODES

Identifies the node on which the page resides.

-EACCES

The page is mapped by multiple processes and can be moved only if MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL is specified.

-EBUSY

The page is currently busy and cannot be moved. Try again later. This occurs if a page is undergoing I/O or another kernel subsystem is holding a reference to the page.

-EFAULT

This is a zero page or the memory area is not mapped by the process.

-EIO

Unable to write back a page. The page has to be written back in order to move it since the page is dirty and the filesystem does not provide a migration function that would allow the move of dirty pages.

-EINVAL

A dirty page cannot be moved. The filesystem does not provide a migration function and has no ability to write back pages.

-ENOENT

The page is not present.

-ENOMEM

Unable to allocate memory on target node.

RETURN VALUE

On success move_pages() returns zero. On error, it returns −1, and sets errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

	E2BIG		Too many pages to move.
	EACCES		One of the target nodes is not allowed by the current cpuset.
	EFAULT		Parameter array could not be accessed.
	EINVAL		Flags other than MPOL_MF_MOVE and MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL was specified or an attempt was made to migrate pages of a kernel thread.
	ENODEV		One of the target nodes is not online.
	ENOENT		No pages were found that require moving. All pages are either already on the target node, not present, had an invalid address or could not be moved because they were mapped by multiple processes.
	EPERM		The caller specified MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL without sufficient privileges (CAP_SYS_NICE). Or, the caller attempted to move pages of a process belonging to another user but did not have privilege to do so (CAP_SYS_NICE).
	ESRCH		Process does not exist.

VERSIONS

move_pages() first appeared on Linux in version 2.6.18.

CONFORMING TO

This system call is Linux-specific.

NOTES

For information on library support, see numa(7).

Use get_mempolicy(2) with the MPOL_F_MEMS_ALLOWED flag to obtain the set of nodes that are allowed by the current cpuset. Note that this information is subject to change at any time by manual or automatic reconfiguration of the cpuset.

Use of this function may result in pages whose location (node) violates the memory policy established for the specified addresses (See mbind(2)) and/or the specified process (See set_mempolicy(2)). That is, memory policy does not constrain the destination nodes used by move_pages().

The <numaif.h> header is not included with glibc, but requires installing libnuma-devel or a similar package.

COLOPHON

This page is part of release 3.69 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man−pages/.

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