1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/util/cutils.c b/util/cutils.c
index 77acadc..2380165 100644
--- a/util/cutils.c
+++ b/util/cutils.c
@@ -164,6 +164,44 @@ int qemu_fdatasync(int fd)
 #endif
 }
 
+/**
+ * Sync changes made to the memory mapped file back to the backing
+ * storage. For POSIX compliant systems this will fallback
+ * to regular msync call. Otherwise it will trigger whole file sync
+ * (including the metadata case there is no support to skip that otherwise)
+ *
+ * @addr   - start of the memory area to be synced
+ * @length - length of the are to be synced
+ * @fd     - file descriptor for the file to be synced
+ *           (mandatory only for POSIX non-compliant systems)
+ */
+int qemu_msync(void *addr, size_t length, int fd)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
+    size_t align_mask = ~(qemu_real_host_page_size - 1);
+
+    /**
+     * There are no strict reqs as per the length of mapping
+     * to be synced. Still the length needs to follow the address
+     * alignment changes. Additionally - round the size to the multiple
+     * of PAGE_SIZE
+     */
+    length += ((uintptr_t)addr & (qemu_real_host_page_size - 1));
+    length = (length + ~align_mask) & align_mask;
+
+    addr = (void *)((uintptr_t)addr & align_mask);
+
+    return msync(addr, length, MS_SYNC);
+#else /* CONFIG_POSIX */
+    /**
+     * Perform the sync based on the file descriptor
+     * The sync range will most probably be wider than the one
+     * requested - but it will still get the job done
+     */
+    return qemu_fdatasync(fd);
+#endif /* CONFIG_POSIX */
+}
+
 #ifndef _WIN32
 /* Sets a specific flag */
 int fcntl_setfl(int fd, int flag)