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.TH BIOMODIFIED 9F "Nov 20, 1996"
.SH NAME
biomodified \- check if a buffer is modified
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <sys/ddi.h>
#include <sys/sunddi.h>

\fBint\fR \fBbiomodified\fR(\fBstruct buf *\fR\fIbp\fR);
.fi

.SH INTERFACE LEVEL
illumos DDI specific (illumos DDI).
.SH PARAMETERS
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIbp\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Pointer to the buffer header structure.
.RE

.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBbiomodified()\fR function returns status to indicate if the buffer is
modified. The  \fBbiomodified()\fR function is only supported for paged- \fBI/O
\fRrequest, that is the \fBB_PAGEIO\fRflag must be set in the \fIb_flags\fR
field of the \fBbuf\fR(9S) structure.  The  \fBbiomodified()\fR function will
check the memory pages associated with this buffer whether the Virtual Memory
system's modification bit is set.  If at least one of these pages is modified,
the buffer is indicated as modified.  A filesystem will mark the pages
\fBunmodified\fR when it writes the pages to the backing store.  The
\fBbiomodified()\fR function can be used to detect any modifications to the
memory pages while \fBI/O \fRis in progress.
.sp
.LP
A device driver can use \fBbiomodified()\fR for disk mirroring.  An application
is allowed to mmap a file which can  reside on a disk which is mirrored by
multiple submirrors. If the file system writes the file to the backing store,
it is written to all  submirrors in parallel. It must be ensured that the
copies on all submirrors are identical. The \fBbiomodified()\fR function can be
used in the device driver to detect any modifications to  the buffer by the
user program during the time the buffer is written to multiple submirrors.
.SH RETURN VALUES
The  \fBbiomodified()\fR function returns the following values:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Buffer is modified.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Buffer is not modified.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Buffer is not used for paged \fBI/O\fR request.
.RE

.SH CONTEXT
\fBbiomodified()\fR can be called from any context.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR bp_mapin (9F),
.BR buf (9S)
.sp
.LP
\fIWriting Device Drivers\fR