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NAME top

   io_uring_prep_fadvise - prepare a fadvise request

SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <fcntl.h>**
   **#include <liburing.h>**

   **void io_uring_prep_fadvise(struct io_uring_sqe ***_sqe_**,**
                              **int** _fd_**,**
                              **__u64** _offset_**,**
                              **__u32** _len_**,**
                              **int** _advice_**);**

   **void io_uring_prep_fadvise64(struct io_uring_sqe ***_sqe_**,**
                                **int** _fd_**,**
                                **__u64** _offset_**,**
                                **off_t** _len_**,**
                                **int** _advice_**);**

DESCRIPTION top

   The [io_uring_prep_fadvise(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fprep%5Ffadvise.3.html) function prepares an fadvise request.
   The submission queue entry _sqe_ is setup to use the file descriptor
   pointed to by _fd_ to start an fadvise operation at _offset_ and of
   _len_ length in bytes, giving it the advise located in _advice_.

   The [io_uring_prep_fadvise64(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fprep%5Ffadvise64.3.html) function works like
   [io_uring_prep_fadvise(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fprep%5Ffadvise.3.html) except that it takes a 64-bit length
   rather than just a 32-bit one. Older kernels may not support the
   64-bit length variant. If this variant is attempted used on a
   kernel that doesn't support 64-bit lengths, then the request will
   get errored with **-EINVAL** in the results field of the CQE.

   This function prepares an async [posix_fadvise(2)](../man2/posix%5Ffadvise.2.html) request. See that
   man page for details.

RETURN VALUE top

   None

ERRORS top

   The CQE _res_ field will contain the result of the operation. See
   the related man page for details on possible values. Note that
   where synchronous system calls will return **-1** on failure and set
   _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ to the actual error value, io_uring never uses _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_.
   Instead it returns the negated _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ directly in the CQE _res_
   field.

SEE ALSO top

   [io_uring_get_sqe(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fget%5Fsqe.3.html), [io_uring_submit(3)](../man3/io%5Furing%5Fsubmit.3.html), [io_uring_register(2)](../man2/io%5Furing%5Fregister.2.html),
   [posix_fadvise(2)](../man2/posix%5Ffadvise.2.html)

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