CACHEFLUSH(2)

NAME
cacheflush - flush contents of instruction and/or data cache

SYNOPSIS
#include <asm/cachectl.h>

int cacheflush(char *addr, int nbytes, int cache);

DESCRIPTION
cacheflush() flushes the contents of the indicated cache(s) for the user addresses in the range addr to (addr+nbytes-1). cache may be one of:

ICACHE
    Flush the instruction cache.

DCACHE
    Write back to memory and invalidate the affected valid cache lines.

BCACHE
    Same as (ICACHE|DCACHE).

RETURN VALUE
cacheflush() returns 0 on success or -1 on error. If errors are detected, errno will indicate the error.

ERRORS

EFAULT
    Some or all of the address range addr to (addr+nbytes-1) is not accessible.

EINVAL
    cache is not one of ICACHE, DCACHE, or BCACHE.

CONFORMING TO
This Linux-specific system call is only available on MIPS based systems. It should not be used in programs intended to be portable.

BUGS
The current implementation ignores the addr and nbytes arguments. Therefore, the whole cache is always flushed.

COLOPHON
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