vm_qmodify Kernel Service

AIX Version 4.3 Kernel and Subsystems Technical Reference, Volume 1

Determines whether a mapped file has been changed.

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/errno.h>
#include <sys/vmuser.h>

int vm_qmodify (vmid)
vmid_t vmid;

vmid

Specifies the ID of the virtual memory object to check.

The vm_qmodify kernel service performs two tests to determine if a mapped file has been changed:

The vm_qmodify kernel service first checks the virtual memory object modified bit, which is set whenever a page is written out.
If the modified bit is 0, the list of page frames holding pages for this virtual memory object are examined to see if any page frame has been modified.

If both tests are false, the vm_qmodify kernel service returns a value of False. Otherwise, this service returns a value of True.

If the virtual memory object modified bit was set, it is reset to 0. The page frame modified bits are not changed.

The vm_qmodify kernel service can be called from the process environment only.

FALSE	Indicates that the virtual memory object has not been modified.
TRUE	Indicates that the virtual memory object has been modified.

The vm_qmodify kernel service is part of Base Operating System (BOS) Runtime.

Memory Kernel Services and Understanding Virtual Memory Manager Interfaces in AIX Kernel Extensions and Device Support Programming Concepts.