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.\" FIXME Should programs normally be using this API directly, or should
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.TH MOVE_PAGES 2 2010-06-11 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
move_pages \- move individual pages of a process to another node
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <numaif.h>
.sp
.BI "long move_pages(int " pid ", unsigned long count, void **" pages ,
.BI "                const int *" nodes ", int *" status ", int " flags );
.fi
.sp
Link with \fI\-lnuma\fP.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR move_pages ()
moves the specified
.I pages
of the process
.I pid
to the memory nodes specified by
.IR nodes .
The result of the move is reflected in
.IR status .
The
.I flags
indicate constraints on the pages to be moved.

.I 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
.RB ( 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
.I pid
is 0, then
.BR move_pages ()
moves pages of the calling process.

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

.I pages
is an array of pointers to the pages that should be moved.
These are pointers that should be aligned to page boundaries.
.\" FIXME what if they are not aligned?
Addresses are specified as seen by the process specified by
.IR pid .

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

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

.I flags
specify what types of pages to move.
.B MPOL_MF_MOVE
means that only pages that are in exclusive use by the process
are to be moved.
.B MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL
means that pages shared between multiple processes can also be moved.
The process must be privileged
.RB ( CAP_SYS_NICE )
to use
.BR MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL .
.SH Page states in the status array
The following values can be returned in each element of the
.I status
array.
.TP
.B 0..MAX_NUMNODES
Identifies the node on which the page resides.
.TP
.B -EACCES
The page is mapped by multiple processes and can only be moved if
.B MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL
is specified.
.TP
.B -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.
.TP
.B -EFAULT
This is a zero page or the memory area is not mapped by the process.
.TP
.B -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 file system
does not provide a migration function that would allow the move
of dirty pages.
.TP
.B -EINVAL
A dirty page cannot be moved.
The file system does not
provide a migration function and has no ability to write back pages.
.TP
.B -ENOENT
The page is not present.
.TP
.B -ENOMEM
Unable to allocate memory on target node.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
On success
.BR move_pages ()
returns zero.
.\" FIXME Is the following quite true: does the wrapper in numactl
.\" do the right thing?
On error, it returns \-1, and sets
.I errno
to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B E2BIG
Too many pages to move.
.TP