1MOVE_PAGES(2)              Linux Programmer's Manual             MOVE_PAGES(2)
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NAME

6       move_pages - move individual pages of a process to another node
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <numaif.h>
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11       long move_pages(int pid, unsigned long count, void **pages,
12                       const int *nodes, int *status, int flags);
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14       Link with -lnuma.
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DESCRIPTION

17       move_pages() moves the specified pages of the process pid to the memory
18       nodes specified by nodes.  The result of the move is reflected in  sta‐
19       tus.  The flags indicate constraints on the pages to be moved.
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21       pid is the ID of the process in which pages are to be moved.  If pid is
22       0, then move_pages() moves pages of the calling process.
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24       To move pages in another process requires the following privileges:
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26       *  In kernels up to and including Linux 4.12: the caller must be privi‐
27          leged (CAP_SYS_NICE) or the real or effective user ID of the calling
28          process must match the real or  saved-set  user  ID  of  the  target
29          process.
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31       *  The  older  rules  allowed  the  caller  to discover various virtual
32          address choices made by the kernel that could lead to the defeat  of
33          address-space-layout  randomization  for a process owned by the same
34          UID as the caller, the rules were changed starting with Linux  4.13.
35          Since  Linux  4.13,  permission  is governed by a ptrace access mode
36          PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS check with respect to the target process;
37          see ptrace(2).
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39       count is the number of pages to move.  It defines the size of the three
40       arrays pages, nodes, and status.
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42       pages is an array of pointers to the pages that should be moved.  These
43       are  pointers that should be aligned to page boundaries.  Addresses are
44       specified as seen by the process specified by pid.
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46       nodes is an array of integers that specify  the  desired  location  for
47       each page.  Each element in the array is a node number.  nodes can also
48       be NULL, in which case move_pages() does not move any pages but instead
49       will  return  the node where each page currently resides, in the status
50       array.  Obtaining the status of each page may be necessary to determine
51       pages that need to be moved.
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53       status  is  an  array  of integers that return the status of each page.
54       The array contains valid values only if move_pages() did not return  an
55       error.
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57       flags  specify  what  types  of pages to move.  MPOL_MF_MOVE means that
58       only pages that are in exclusive use by the process are  to  be  moved.
59       MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL means that pages shared between multiple processes can
60       also be moved.  The process must be privileged  (CAP_SYS_NICE)  to  use
61       MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL.
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63   Page states in the status array
64       The  following  values  can  be  returned in each element of the status
65       array.
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67       0..MAX_NUMNODES
68              Identifies the node on which the page resides.
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70       -EACCES
71              The page is mapped by multiple processes and can be  moved  only
72              if MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL is specified.
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74       -EBUSY The  page  is  currently  busy  and  cannot be moved.  Try again
75              later.  This occurs if a page is undergoing I/O or another  ker‐
76              nel subsystem is holding a reference to the page.
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78       -EFAULT
79              This  is  a  zero  page  or the memory area is not mapped by the
80              process.
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82       -EIO   Unable to write back a page.  The page has to be written back in
83              order to move it since the page is dirty and the filesystem does
84              not provide a migration function that would allow  the  move  of
85              dirty pages.
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87       -EINVAL
88              A dirty page cannot be moved.  The filesystem does not provide a
89              migration function and has no ability to write back pages.
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91       -ENOENT
92              The page is not present.
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94       -ENOMEM
95              Unable to allocate memory on target node.
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RETURN VALUE

98       On success move_pages() returns zero.  On error,  it  returns  -1,  and
99       sets errno to indicate the error.
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ERRORS

102       E2BIG  Too  many  pages  to  move.   Since  Linux 2.6.29, the kernel no
103              longer generates this error.
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105       EACCES One of the target nodes is not allowed by the current cpuset.
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107       EFAULT Parameter array could not be accessed.
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109       EINVAL Flags other than MPOL_MF_MOVE and MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL was specified
110              or an attempt was made to migrate pages of a kernel thread.
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112       ENODEV One of the target nodes is not online.
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114       ENOENT No  pages  were found that require moving.  All pages are either
115              already on the target node, not present, had an invalid  address
116              or  could not be moved because they were mapped by multiple pro‐
117              cesses.
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119       EPERM  The caller specified MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL without sufficient  privi‐
120              leges (CAP_SYS_NICE).  Or, the caller attempted to move pages of
121              a process belonging to another user but did not  have  privilege
122              to do so (CAP_SYS_NICE).
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124       ESRCH  Process does not exist.
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VERSIONS

127       move_pages() first appeared on Linux in version 2.6.18.
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CONFORMING TO

130       This system call is Linux-specific.
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NOTES

133       For information on library support, see numa(7).
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135       Use  get_mempolicy(2)  with  the MPOL_F_MEMS_ALLOWED flag to obtain the
136       set of nodes that are allowed by the current cpuset.   Note  that  this
137       information  is  subject  to  change at any time by manual or automatic
138       reconfiguration of the cpuset.
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140       Use of this function may result in pages whose location (node) violates
141       the   memory  policy  established  for  the  specified  addresses  (See
142       mbind(2)) and/or the specified process  (See  set_mempolicy(2)).   That
143       is,  memory  policy  does  not  constrain the destination nodes used by
144       move_pages().
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146       The  <numaif.h>  header  is  not  included  with  glibc,  but  requires
147       installing libnuma-devel or a similar package.
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SEE ALSO

150       get_mempolicy(2),  mbind(2),  set_mempolicy(2),  numa(3), numa_maps(5),
151       cpuset(7), numa(7), migratepages(8), numastat(8)
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COLOPHON

154       This page is part of release 5.04 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A
155       description  of  the project, information about reporting bugs, and the
156       latest    version    of    this    page,    can     be     found     at
157       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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